TNAG-2021-FCO40-2883-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Hungary-1990 — Page 61

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FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 753

OF 06123OZ APRIL 90

CONFIDENTIAL

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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM MCLAREN, AUSS

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BUDAPEST TELNO 244: HUNGARY/HONG KONG

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YOU WILL HAVE SEEN FROM TUR, REPEATED TO HONG KONG, THAT THE HUNGARIANS WANT TO SEND A HEAVYWEIGHT DELEGATION OF QUOTE BUSINESSMEN AND ECONOMIC POLICY MAKERS UNQUOTE TO A CONVENTION BEING HELD IN HONG KONG IN MAY, AND REMAIN INTERESTED IN ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT OFFICE OF SOME KIND IN THE TERRITORY.

I THOUGHT I SHOULD WARN YOU THAT MR MAUDE WILL PROBABLY WANT TO DISCUSS THIS QUESTION WITH YOU WHILE HE IS IN HONG KONG. IN THE LIGHT OF YOUR ADVICE THE SECRETARY OF STATE REACTED CAUTIOUSLY WHEN THE HUGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER RAISED THE ISSUE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY (PARAGRAPH 6 OF BUDAPEST TELNO 145).

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I DO NOT HOWEVER THINK THAT MINISTERS FOUND THE ARGUMENTS IN YOUR TELNO 660 VERY CONVINCING AND THINGS HAVE MOVED ON SINCE THEN.

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