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INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG, HONG KONG
035434
'MDHIAN 8591
8012
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HONG KONG: HMOCS
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1. LOCAL ADVICE HAS BEEN THAT A KEY POINT TO GET ACROSS ON HMOCS IS THAT WHATEVER THE NATURE OF THE COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT, THIS IS A MATTER FOR HMG WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COSTS. THE POINTS TO MAKE FOR NEWS DEPARTMENT (FAXED TO OSBORNE) GIVE A QUOTE NO COMMENT UNQUOTE ANSWER ON COSTS. THIS CLEARLY RUNS THE RISK OF ENCOURAGING SPECULATION THAT PART OF THE COSTS OF COMPENSATION COULD FALL TO HKG.
2. ARTICLE IN SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST OF 28 MARCH IS BEING FAXED TO HKD.
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40
DISTRIBUTION
40
.HER MAJESTY'S OVERSEAS
.CIVIL SERVICE RESTRICTED HKD
LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS FED
NEWS D
RAD//MR WYE
OVERSEA PENSIONS/ODA//MR FISH PS
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/PUS
SIR J COLES
MR BURNS
MR KERBY
RMD
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