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CONFIDENTIAL

1 November 1993

Ken Walker

Senior Research Officer

Political Adviser's Office

Hong Kong

by fax

RECE

HKCC 012/2

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SARY

1993

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British Embassy Peking

200

11 Guang Hua Lu Jian Guo Men Wai Peking

People's Republic of China

Telephone: 532 1961/2/3/4/5

Cable: Prodrome Peking

Telex: 22191

Facsimile: 532 1939 ext. 239

Tien Ken.

PUBLIC PRONOUNCEMENTS ON HONG KONG ISSUES BY PRC OFFICIALS

1.

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I owe you a reply to your teleletter of 5 October to Rod Bunten which you copied to me. Unfortunately, I have to reply in the negative: we do not have the resources to maintain even

Needless to a rudimentary database of the kind you mention. say, the database you have been asked to compile would be very useful. I am only sorry that we in the Embassy will not be able to access it directly!

Yous

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cc. R Bunten, HKD, FCO

RF Wye, RAD, FCO

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Janet Rogan

First Secretary (Chancery)

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