CONFIDENTIAL
FM SINGAPORE
CONFIDENTIAL
88
035166
MDHIAN 7033
HKP 090/4
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
RECE!
TELNO 202
OF 17040OZ MAY 91
17 MAY 1991
PA
75
TOP COPY Q DIST?
MY TELNO 197:
MFN STATUS FOR CHINA :
POSSIBLE MESSAGE TO SINGAPORE FOREIGN MINISTER.
1. TWO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS SEEM TO UNDERLINE THE USEFULNESS OF A
MESSAGE TO WONG KAN SENG.
2. A SENIOR AND INFLUENTIAL BUSINESSMAN, JUST RETURNED FROM VISITING CHINA WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BG LEE, TELLS ME THAT THROUGHOUT THEIR 10 DAY TOUR BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT FIGURES WERE ADAMANT THAT THEY WOULD NOT BOW TO AMERICAN PRESSURES. TODAY'S STRAITS TIMES, GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE CLOSE TO GOVERNMENT VIEWS, HAS A STRONG EDITORIAL ON THE UNWISDOM OF AMERICA ALIENATING CHINA.
3. A MESSAGE IS LIKELY THEREFORE TO FALL ON FERTILE GROUND.
DUGGAN
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ΜΑΙΝ
49
LIMITED
HKD
FED
NAD
SEAD
NNNN
DISTRIBUTION
49
ERD
SPD
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
SIR J COLES
MR BURNS
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