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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2929
OF 210324Z DECEMBER 92
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, SINGAPORE, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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PEKING TELNO 1750 TO FCO, FCO TELNO 996 TO PEKING AND FCO TELNO
1-675 TO TOKYO: LEE KUAN YEW'S VIEWS ON HONG KONG AND CHINA
1 I AM GENERALLY HAPPY WITH THE POINTS THAT SIR R MCLAREN PROPOSES TO MAKE TO THE CHINESE DESCRIBED IN PEKING TUR.
2. I ALSO AGREE WITH SIR R MCLAREN THAT HE SHOULD/SHOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT CANVASSED SUPPORT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR OUR PROPOSALS. PROMOTING HONG KONG'S INTERESTS TO FRIENDLY GOVERNMENTS AND EXPLAINING THE BACKGROUND TO CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IS NOT THE SAME AS LOBBYING FOR SPECIFIC BACKING FOR CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSALS.
3. ON THE FURTHER ELEMENTS YOU PROPOSE, I WOULD RATHER THAT MENTION WAS NOT MADE TO PEKING OF ANY THOUGHT OF ME SEEKING TO PAY AN EARLY CALL ON PRESIDENT CLINTON. THE CHINESE WOULD MAKE CAPITAL OUT OF THIS IF FOR WHATEVER REASON IT DID NOT PROVE POSSIBLE.
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FINALLY I THINK SINGAPORE MIGHT MENTION LEE'S REMARKS IN OCTOBER (SEE HONG KONG TELNO 2915): HOWEVER THIS IS NOT A POINT FOR PEKING TO USE AS THE CHINESE WILL SIMPLY SAY LEE HAS SEEN THE ERROR OF HIS WAYS.
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