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FM UKREP JLG HONG KONG

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 115

OF 110441Z MAY 90

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15 MAY 1990

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FROM GALSWORTHY

PERSONAL FOR PAUL, HKD

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YOUR TELNO 38: ST JOHN'S BUILDING: SUB-LETTING

1. POSITION IS THAT HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN SHOWN THE SPACE

AVAILABLE AND HAVE EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST IN IT. QUOTE KEEN INTEREST UNQUOTE IS OVERSTATING IT. WE HAVE AGREED TO TELEGRAPH ABOUT THE PRACTICAL DETAILS, AND A SEPARATE TELELETTER IS BEING SENT BY MARTIN TODAY COPIED TO PAM MAJOR.

2. GIVEN THE EXCESS SPACE I DO NOT FEEL ABLE TO OBJECT TO THE SUB- LETTING, BUT I CONFESS THAT I AM NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE IDEA OF A SEPARATE OFFICE USING THE ACCESS THROUGH OUR RECEPTION AREA. THIS

WILL DIMINISH THE REPRESENTATIONAL PROFILE OF THE OFFICE RATHER

CONTRARY TO OUR GENERAL POLICY AT PRESENT. I AM VERY ANXIOUS THAT

THERE SHOULD NOT BE GENERAL ACCESS BY THE PUBLIC TO THIS AREA.

3. AS YOU WILL SEE FROM OUR TELELETTER, THERE ARE ALSO SERIOUS PRACTICAL AND SECURITY MATTERS WHICH NEED TO BE ANSWERED BEFORE WE

COULD PROCEED.

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