TNAG-1847-FCO40-2622-House-of-Commons-Select-Committee-on-Foreign-Affairs-enquiry-1989 — Page 21

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HKB 011/3

329

023017 MDLIAN 7095

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO

1336

OF 28070OZ APRIL 89

INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

PERSONAL FOR PAUL, HKD FROM GOVERNOR PEKING TELNO 710: FAC VISIT TO CHINA

32¢

I WAS INTERESTED IN THE COMMENT BY HOWELL AND SHORE IN TUR THAT THEY DID NOT FEEL HKG OFFICIALS HAD BEEN VERY FORTHCOMING IN THE BRIEFING THEY HAD RECEIVED IN LONDON. PRESUMABLY THIS REFERS

TO THE WRITTEN BRIEFS SUBMITTED TO THE FAC. WHEN HERE, THEY SAID THEY THOUTHT FCO OFFICIALS HAD NOT BEEN AS FORTHCOMING AS THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH AS THEY ARE STUDYING THE IMPERIAL TACTIC OF DIVIDE AND RULE EXCLAM.

WILSON

YYYY

DISTRIBUTION

25

ΜΑΙΝ

25

LIMITED

HKD

FED

PRU

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

PS/PUS

MR GILLMORE MR MCLAREN

MR BLATHERWICK

N N N N

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