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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO
1643
OF 240713Z MAY 91
SECRET
HKB 063/1
1941.
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
68)
061412 MDLIAN 3477
YRTELNO 972: HONG KONG GARRISON: WITHDRAWAL OF FIRST BATTALION
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1 I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE OUTCOME OF MOD'S CONSULTATION WITH MINISTERS ON THE WITHDRAWAL PLAN.
2. ONCE YOU HAVE CONFIRMED THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED REDUCTION, OR ITS TIMING, WE WILL CONSULT EXCO AND THEREAFTER SPEAK TO THE CHINESE. WE PROPOSE TO DO THIS IN A LOW KEY MANNER, PROBABLY AT ONE OF UKREP'S REGULAR FRIDAY MEETINGS. GIVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF A CHINESE REQUEST FOR FURTHER CONSULTATION, WE WILL NEED TO CONSIDER THE EXACT TIMING OF THIS APPROACH IN THE LIGHT OF THE AFTERMATH OF THE AIRPORT TALKS.
WILSON
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
61
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
. (RESTRICTED)
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
NEWS D
PLANNERS
ADDITIONAL
4
MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS MISS BROOKS LEGAL ADVISERS
DISTRIBUTION
65
PUSD
RAD
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
SIR J COLES
MR BURNS
MR APPLEYARD CABINET OFFICE SIR P CRADOCK NO.10
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