Mr Burrís
Bucks
PS/Lord Caithness
SECRET
FROM: P F Ricketts
Hong Kong Department
DATE: 4 February 1992
cc: Sir J Coles
Mr Davies, FED
Mr Wye, RAD
Mr Bickham, Special Advisers
Mr Crystal, News Dept
PUSD (CN)
HONG KONG TRANSITIONAL AFFAIRS ADVISERS
1. The Minister might welcome.a comment on the Chinese MFA
announcement on 24 January that the Chinese Government was
considering inviting Hong Kong people to be advisers on Hong
Kong affairs "in order to strengthen China/Hong Kong
communications." The Chinese have said publicly that the
advisers would be invited on an individual basis; and would
not be part of a formal organisation.
We first heard reports of this proposal shortly before
Lu Ping's visit to Hong Kong (5-14 January).
2..
until the public announcement.
We heard no more from him
3. Press reports in Hong Kong have given the number of these advisers as between 40 and 100. Chinese spokesmen
have said that the advisers would not become a second centre
of power in Hong Kong.
BECACY/1
JRB
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