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CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1748
OF 211357Z DECEMBER 92
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INFO IMMEDIATE SINGAPORE, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 2924: LEE KUAN YEW'S VIEWS ON HONG KONG
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WE DISCUSSED WITH MR GOODLAD ON 21 DECEMBER YOUR SUGGESTION THAT HE SHOULD CALL IN THE SINGAPORE HIGH COMMISSIONER HERE TO REMONSTRATE ABOUT LEE KUAN YEW'S PUBLIC COMMENTS.
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OUR CONCLUSION WAS THAT THIS WAS UNLIKELY TO BE EFFECTIVE, SINCE WE DOUBTED THAT THE HIGH COMMISSION WOULD HAVE THE NERVE TO
WE REPORT CRITICISM OF LEE KUAN YEW IN AN UNVARNISHED WAY. CONSIDERED THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE FOR MR RIFKIND TO RAISE THESE POINTS DIRECTLY WITH LEE KUAN YEW IF A MEETING BETWEEN THEM CAN BE ARRANGED COUR TELNO 996 TO PEKING).
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SINCE THAT DISCUSSION, WE HAVE SEEN SINGAPORE TELNO 349. MR DUGGAN SPOKE WELL TO THE SINGAPORE FOREIGN MINISTER. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS, WE THINK THAT THIS CONVERSATION WILL HAVE LODGED OUR POINTS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT THAN WOULD BE THE CASE IF WE WERE TO CALL IN THE ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER HERE. WE WILL OF COURSE TAKE OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS TO ENSURE THAT THE SINGAPORE HIGH COMMISSION ARE AWARE OF OUR DISSATISFACTION ABOUT LEE KUAN YEW'S COMMENTS.
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