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SECRET

SECRET

FM PEKING

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 116

OF 270857Z JANUARY

89

TODIST?

TOP COPY

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

0312

(42)

MDHIAN 0139

+KC062/1

30JAN 1987

HONG KONG TELNO 283 : DEFENCE AND PUBLIC ORDER

1 I AGREE (PARA 2 OF T U R) THAT THE TIME IS NOT PROPITIOUS FOR MILITARY TO MILITARY TALKS.

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2. IT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL IF, ON A CONTINGENCY BASIS, MY DA AND NA COULD BE GIVEN A BRIEFING, AT SUITABLY SENIOR LEVEL, ON THE BACKGROUND TO THE SITUATION. AS IT HAPPENS, MY DA, COLONEL LEES, HAS ALREADY SET ASIDE 6 MARCH FOR A GENERAL BRIEFING AT HQBF.

HE IS A FORMER COMMANDER OF A GURKHA BATTALION IN HONG KONG AND HAS SERVED FOR SEVEN YEARS IN THE TERRITORY. MY NA, COMMANDER FARR, WILL BE ATTENDING A CONFERENCE AT HMS TAMAR IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 6 MARCH AND WOULD BE VERY HAPPY, LATER DURING THAT WEEK, TO BE GIVEN A BRIEFING ON OUR PROPOSALS FOR THE NAVAL BASE. HE, TOO, HAS SERVED IN HONG KONG FOR SOME TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

3.

I AM REPORTING SEPERATELY ON MY CONVERSATION WITH ZHOUNAN.

DONALD

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.HONG KONG AGREEMENT

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HKD

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PUSD

PS/LORD GLENARTHUR

PS/MR EGGAR

MR GILLMORE

MR MCLAREN

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