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077662 MDLIAN 4943
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1724
OF 301142Z MAY 91
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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OUR TELNO 1712: HONG KONG ALLIANCE ACTIVITIES
1. RECOLLECTIONS OF LAST YEAR PROMPT A CAUTIOUS QUALIFICATION OF THE ASSESSMENT IN TUR THAT ATTENDANCE AT 4 JUNE EVENTS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE HIGH. TWO MAJOR EVENTS ARE PLANNED: A MEMORIAL PROCESSION ON 2 JUNE FROM CHATER GARDENS TO QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM: AND A CANDLE-LIGHT RALLY ON 4 JUNE. THE ORGANISERS CLAIM TO EXPECT 50,000 PEOPLE AT EACH EVENT.
2. OUR INITIAL GUESS IS INDEED THAT THEY WILL NOT REACH THIS NUMBER WHICH WOULD BE FAR LESS THAN ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY. HOWEVER, IT IS WORTH REMEMBERING THAT WE THOUGHT THE SAME THING LAST YEAR. ALTHOUGH THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO 4 JUNE 1990 WERE POORLY ATTENDED, THE TURN-OUT ON 4 JUNE ITSELF WAS AROUND 100,000: FAR MORE THAN ANYBODY EXPECTED.
WILSON
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DISTRIBUTION
65
ΜΑΙΝ
61
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
.(RESTRICTED)
PUSD
RAD
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
NEWS D
PLANNERS
ADDITIONAL
4
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
SIR J COLES
MR BURNS
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