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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELNO 1177

OF 20201OZ DECEMBER 89

O 8 JAN 1990

DESK OFFICER

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG 1964.

PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR FROM MCLAREN, AUSS

(FOR HONG KONG, PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR)

(FOR UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PERSONAL FOR GALSWORTHY)

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YOUR TELNO 2212 AND UKREP JLG HONG KONG TELNO 327 HONG KONG ASSURANCES

THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY MRS ZHANG YOUYUN, CALLED ON ME AT MY REQUEST AT 170OZ ON 20 DECEMBER. I GAVE THE AMBASSADOR A COPY OF THE FINAL TEXT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S STATEMENT, WHICH HAD JUST BEEN DELIVERED, AND AN ACCOUNT OF ITS RECEPTION IN THE HOUSE. I EXPLAINED THAT YOU HAD ALREADY GIVEN GUO FENGMIN A SUMMARY OF THE MAIN POINTS INCLUDED IN THE STATEMENT BUT HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAND HIM THE ACTUAL TEXT BECAUSE IT HAD NOT BEEN FINALISED AT THE TIME WHEN YOUR INSTRUCTIONS WERE DESPATCHED. I THEN SET OUT THE BACKGROUND ON THE LINES OF THE SPEAKING NOTE IN FCO TELNO 2522 TO HONG KONG.

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