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INFO TELELETTER PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
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FROM: FOR:
WILLIAM EHRMAN, POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG. CO HUM ESQ, AUSS, FCO.
COPIED TO: TONY GALSWORTHY ESQ, CMG, HEAD, UKREP JLG HONG KONG.
CHRIS OSBORNE ESQ, ACTING SBTC, BTC HONG KONG. NIGEL COX ESQ, POLITICAL COUNSELLOR, BE PEKING.
JARDINES AND THE IISS.
1.
MANY THANKS FOR YOUR TELELETTER OF 7 APRIL. I HAVE TOLD
PETER SUTCH THAT THE STORY ABOUT JARDINES AND THE IISS CIRCULATING IN PEKING SEEMS TO BE WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
2. HOWEVER THE CHINESE ATTITUDE, WHICH YOU DESCRIBE, TO GERAL SEGAL'S ARTICLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE FURTHER UNDERLINES THE SENSITITIVIES OF THE PROPOSED JOINT IISS/TAIWANESE CONFERENCE ON THE SECURITY DIMENSIONS OF CHINESE REGIONALISM, DUE TO BE HELD IN HONG KONG IN JUNE (MY TELELETTER OF 16 MARCH TO
x] PETER RICKETTS, NOT TO ALL, REFERS). DO WE KNOW IF THAT IS STILL
GOING AHEAD QUERY. I CAN HARDLY THINK OF A LESS HELPFUL INITIATIVE. YOUR TELELETTER STRENGTHENS ME IN THE VIEW THAT I SHOULD ADVISE THE GOVERNOR, AND HKG OFFICIALS WHO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO IT, NOT TO TOUCH IT WITH A BARGEPOLE,
SIGNED WILLIAM EHRMAN, POLITICAL ADVISER.
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