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TO DESKBY 28010OZ PEKING
TELNO 855
OF 271733Z OCTOBER 92
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PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR FROM HUM, AUSS
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YOUR TELNO 1487: THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO LONDON: 15-20 NOVEMBER
1. BEFORE RECEIPT OF TUR DAVID COATES HAD ALREADY GIVEN ME YOUR TWO-POINT MESSAGE. WE HAD RECOMMENDED THAT YOU SHOULD BE ASKED TO RETURN TO LONDON FOR DISCUSSIONS DURING THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT: THAT THERE SHOULD BE A FORMAL MEETING OF OPD (K) TO CONSIDER THE WAY AHEAD ON HONG KONG (THIS IS PROVISIONALLY FIXED FOR 18 NOVEMBER): AND THAT THIS SHOULD BE PREPARED IN A MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN WHICH YOU AND THE GOVERNOR SHOULD TAKE PART, IDEALLY ON 17 NOVEMBER. WE SHALL LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS ALL THIS IS AGREED. IN THE MEANTIME YOU MAY WANT TO BEGIN
CLEARING YOUR DIARY.
2. ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU DO RETURN WE NATURALLY AGREE THAT YOU SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE KEY EVENTS FOR ZHU RONGJI, AND WE ARE ARRANGING ACCORDINGLY.
3. ON A SEPARATE POINT, WE HAVE JUST SEEN HONG KONG TELNO 2575 ON THE WAY FORWARD OVER CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE PLAN TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON 28 OCTOBER, TOGETHER WITH A DRAFT REPLY. THIS WILL INVITE THE GOVERNOR TO FILL OUT HIS ASSESSMENT OF THE LIKELY EVOLUTION OF OPINION IN HONG KONG, AND PARTICULARLY IN LEGCO, IN THE LIGHT OF THE EXPECTED CHINESE PROPAGANDA ONSLAUGHT. IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THIS IF WE COULD DRAW ON THE REPLY WHICH YOU WILL BE SENDING TO OUR TELNO 846 ON CHINESE STRATEGY. YOU MAY WANT TO SUGGEST IN THAT TELEGRAM WHAT TACTICS THE CHINESE ARE LIKELY TO USE TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC OPINION IN HONG KONG: AND IN PARTICULAR THE LIKELY CHINESE REACTION TO THE TACTIC DESCRIBED IN PARA 7 OF THE GOVERNOR'S TELEGRAM. IT WOULD HELP US GREATLY IF YOUR COMMENTS COULD REACH US DESKBY 2809OOZ.
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