TNAG-2406-FCO40-3499-Chinese-incursions-into-Hong-Kong-waters-smuggling.-With-pho-1992 — Page 107

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FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 138

TOP COPY Q DIST?

051500

MDHOAN 8964

OF 30150OZ JAN 92

HKA

177/1

AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG

3

4

YOUR TELNOS 206 AND 273 AND PEKING TELNO 132: INCURSION INTO

HONG KONG WATERS BY TWO HAINAN CLASS FRIGATES

1 WE AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS

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IN PEKING AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF PEKING WOULD DO SO. SHOULD SUBSEQUENT RESPONSES FROM THE CHINESE WARRANT IT, LORD CAITHNESS WOULD BE PREPARED TO CALL IN AMBASSADOR MA.

2.

THE SPECULATION THAT DENG XIAO PING MAY HAVE BEEN ON BOARD OR THAT THE INCURSION WAS RELATED TO HIS VISIT, IS BOTH INTERESTING AND POTENTIALLY WORRYING. IT INDICATES THAT THE

INCURSION AND THE LACK OF REGARD IT SHOWS FOR HONG KONG'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY COULD HAVE BEEN SANCTIONED AT THE HIGHEST POLITICAL LEVEL. IF YOUR ANALYSIS OF THE PICTURES OR DEBRIEFING OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED THROWS UP ANY FURTHER CLUES, WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW.

HURD

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LIMITED

HKD

FED

PUSD

PS

ADDITIONAL

1

DISTRIBUTION

56

PS/LORD CAITHNESS PS/PUS

SIR J COLES

MR BURNS

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