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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 2126
OF 06130OZ DECEMBER 91
AND TO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
218
067127
MDHOAN 6217
TOP COPY Q DIST?
VISIT TO HONG KONG ON HMOCS MATTERS: PRESS LINE
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1 IF THE PRESS SHOULD GET WIND OF THE VISIT TO HONG KONG BY THE WHITEHALL TEAM OF MRS S BROWN, MR D RAYSON CHM TREASURY), MR
G BALLANTINE (GOVERNMENT ACTUARY'S DEPARTMENT) AND MR D FISH (ODA) WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE THE FOLLOWING LINE:
''A WHITEHALL TEAM IS VISITING HONG KONG TO CONSIDER CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING TO MEMBERS OF HER MAJESTY'S OVERSEAS CIVIL SERVICE''.
2. IF PRESSED, YOU COULD SAY THAT THE VISIT IS PART OF ROUTINE EXCHANGES ON THIS ISSUE. WE SHOULD AVOID GIVING INFORMATION ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE TEAM, AS THIS MAY INDICATE THAT THE VISIT INVOLVES DISCUSSIONS ON PENSIONS FOR HMOCS MEMBERS AND COULD AROUSE SUSPICION/EXPECTATIONS ON THE PART OF LOCAL OFFICERS AS WELL.
HURD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
32
LIMITED
HKD
FED
NEWS D
ADDITIONAL
6
DISTRIBUTION
38
RMD
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
SIR J COLES
MR BURNS
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