TNAG-2057-FCO40-2935-Armed-incursions-by-China-and-Royal-Navy-rules-of-engagement-1990 — Page 54

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FM HONG KONG

TO DESKBY 23050OZ PEKING

TELNO 51

OF 23024OZ MAY 90

INFO IMMEDIATE FCO, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

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FCO TELNO 422 TO HONG KONG: INCIDENT ON 3 MAY IN HONG KONG WATERS

1. PLEASE AMEND PARAGRAPH 5 OF THE SPEAKING NOTE IN OUR TELNO 1641

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AS TO THE POSITION OF THE CHINESE PATROL VESSEL AND OUR MARINE POLICE LAUNCH, OUR PHOTOGRAPHS CLEARLY SHOW THE CHINESE PATROL VESSEL ALONGSIDE THE HONG KONG MARINE LAUNCH JUST IN FRONT OF CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION, IN OTHER WORDS WELL WITHIN HONG KONG WATERS. MOREOVER OUR PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN LATER ON, WHICH SHOW SHEKOU IN THE BACKGROUND, ARE CLEARLY TAKEN FROM THE SOUTH EAST, I.E. FROM HONG KONG WATERS. HAD THEY BEEN TAKEN FROM THE VICINITY OF INNER LING DING ISLAND, WHERE GUANGDONG HAS CLAIMED THAT THE VESSELS ACTUALLY WERE, SHEKOU WOULD HAVE APPEARED FROM A QUITE DIFFERENT ANGLE. UNQUOTE.

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