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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
LEE KUAN YEW'S VISIT TO CHINA: HONG KONG
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ACTION TAKEN WITH CHEW TAI SOO (MFA DIRECTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG
KONG).
2. FIRST SECRETARY
(POLITICAL /COORDINATION) LEFT A SPEAKING NOTE BASED ON PARA 3 OF TUR. CHEW COMMENTED THAT LEE KUAN YEW HAD MADE CLEAR ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS (MOST RECENTLY WHEN BARONESS DUNN CALLED ON HIM LAST MONTH) THAT IT WOULD NOT BE RIGHT FOR HIM TO TALK TO THE CHINESE ABOUT THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF HONG KONG BUT THAT IT WAS, IN HIS (LEE'S) VIEW, IMPORTANT TO BRING HOME TO CHINA THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF HONG KONG AND THE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE TERRITORY AS A GOING CONCERN.
3. WE SHALL FOLLOW UP ON LEE KUAN YEW'S RETURN FROM CHINA.
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