CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
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23 MAY 1990
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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
HONG
COMMENTS BY QIAO ZONGHUAI
fur 2315
1. THE UK PRESS HAVE PICKED UP STATEMENTS MADE BY QIAO ZONGHUAI RECENTLY AT A LOCAL LAW SOCIETY DINNER, TO THE EFFECT THAT IT DID NOT MATTER IF ONE MILLION PEOPLE LEFT HONG KONG BECAUSE FIVE MILLION WOULD REMAIN. QIAO IS REPORTED TO HAVE ADDED THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF THOSE WHO WANTED TO LEAVE DID SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
2.
WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER THIS REPORT IS ACCURATE DO YOU HAVE FURTHER DETAILS OF WHAT QIAO ACTUALLY SAID QUERY. GRATEFUL FOR ADVICE ON WHETHER IT WOULD BE
APPROPRIATE TO TAKE WITH THE NCNA, WITH THE AIM OF GETTING ACROSS TO THEM THE DAMAGE WHICH PUBLIC STATEMENTS OF THIS KIND ARE DOING TO CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG
HURD
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
60
MAIN
57
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
.(RESTRICTED)
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
PUSD
NEWS D
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/LORD BRABAZON
MR MCLAREN
MR BURNS
ADDITIONAL
3
MR WHOMERSLEY LEGAL ADVISERS MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS
NN ww
MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVISERS
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