CONFIDENTIAL
HKB
177
RECEIVE!
0 1 JUN 1990
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELNO 422
OF 22120OZ MAY 90
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
3
K
15
142463
MDHOAN 9235
YOUR TELNOS 1640 AND 1641: INCIDENT ON 3 MAY IN HONG KONG WATERS
1.
WE AGREE THAT IT WOULD NOW BE RIGHT TO RAISE THIS MATTER WITH THE MFA. PLEASE TAKE ACTION AS HONG KONG HAVE REQUESTED, USING THE SPEAKING NOTE IN THE SECOND TUR.
2.
WE WOULD HOWEVER SUGGEST, IN THE INTERESTS OF CLARITY, THAT PARA 5 OF THE SPEAKING NOTE SHOULD STATE EXPLICITLY THAT THE VESSEL WAS, ON THE BASIS OF THIS EVIDENCE, IN HONG KONG WATERS. IT IS OTHERWISE NOT SELF EVIDENT WHAT THE LAST TWO SENTENCES OF THAT PARAGRAPH ARE MEANT TO CONVEY. COULD HONG KONG PLEASE CLARIFY THIS POINT DIRECT WITH PEKING.
HURD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
LIMITED
HKD
FED
NEWS D
NNNN
30
DISTRIBUTION
30
MR MCLAREN
MR BURNS
MISS SPENCER
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