TNAG-2260-FCO40-3256-Hong-Kong-Port-and-Airport-Development-Strategy-(PADS)-pres-1991 — Page 38

SECRET

SECRET

MKB 182 14

RECEIVED IN HEGISTRY

05 JUL 1991

SK OFFICER

70

020216 MDHOAN 6327

TO DESKBY 282230Z PEKING

FM FCO

TELNO 703

OF 28173OZ JUNE 91

INDEX

INFO DESKBY 28233OZ HONG KONG

INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG

69

RA

Q

OPY

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YOUR TELNOS 982 AND 986: PRIVATE TALKS: PRESS

1.

THE NO 10 PRESS OFFICE ARE MAKING NO COMMENT ABOUT THE WHEREABOUTS OF SIR P CRADOCK. IN RESPONSE TO ENQUIRIES, THEY WILL DRAW ATTENTION, UNATTRIBUTABLY, TO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID ON THE RECORD, EG BY THE GOVERNOR, THAT THERE ARE CONTINUING CONTACTS ON A DIPLOMATIC LEVEL IN PEKING.

HURD

YYYY

ΜΑΙΝ

PADS SECRET

LIMITED

HKD

HD/FED

HD/NEWS D

HD/PUSD

31

DISTRIBUTION

40

HD/PLANNERS

PS

PS/LORD CAITHNESS

PS/PUS

SIR J COLES

MR BURNS

ADDITIONAL

9

SIR P CRADOCK (NO 10)

PS/NO.10

MS BROOKS LEGAL ADVISERS MR JP MCINTYRE HM TRESY

MR APPLEYARD CABINET OFFICE

MR S WIGHTMAN CABINET OFFICE

MR GOWAN CABINET OFFICE

MR A CHARLTON CABINET OFFICE MR WYE RAD

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