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FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 96

OF 0813OOZ JANUARY 90

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

CONFIDENTIAL

HKB 012

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

24 JAN1990

DESK

INDEX

ER

RA

14

173432 MDHIAN 1578

YOUR TELNO 57 AND MY TELNO 76: SIR PERCY CRADOCK'S VISIT TO PEKING

FIRST TUR MENTIONS THAT THE SUNDAY CORRESPONDENT RAN ITS STORY ON THE CRADOCK MISSION (QUOTE) ACTING ON INFORMATION FROM HONG KONG (UNQUOTE). FOR THE RECORD YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT SIMON LONG THE BBC CORRESPONDENT IN PEKING REFERRED ON RTHK THIS MORNING (8 JANUARY) TO IT BEING BASED ON A (QUOTE) HUNCH (UNQUOTE) HE HAD IN PEKING WHICH WAS THEN CONFIRMED BY DOWNING STREET. SIMON LONG IS ALSO OF COURSE THE SUNDAY CORRESPONDENT'S MAN IN PEKING, CO-AUTHOR OF YESTERDAY'S STORY.

WILSON

YYYY

ΜΑΙΝ

LIMITED

HKD

FED

NEWS D

PUSD

64

DISTRIBUTION

66

PS

PS/MR MAUDE PS/PUS

MR GILLMORE

MR MCLAREN

ADDITIONAL

2

MR LIDDINGTON PS' OFFICE

MR FRASER PS' OFFICE

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