TNAG-2794-FCO40-4034-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Taiwan-1993 — Page 103

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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG

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MY TELNO 40: TAIPEI CULTURAL AND INFORMATION CENTRE IN HONG KONG

1. JASON HU, WHO RETAINS HIS POST AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION OFFICE (GIO) IN THE NEW CABINET. TACKLED ME ON THIS AGAIN TODAY. IN THE ABSENCE OF A RESPONSE TO MY TUR, I WAS UNABLE TO GIVE HIM ANY FURTHER GUIDANCE. HE SAID THAT HIS

PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WOULD HAVE TO VACATE IN MAY AT THE LATEST. WE AGREED THAT UNLESS I GOT BACK TO HIM VERY QUICKLY THAT WE WOULD BE CONTENT WITH THIS PROVIDING THERE WAS NO NAME CHANGE AND NO

ANNOUNCEMENT MADE AT THAT JUNCTURE.

2. HU HAS INVITED ME TO HAVE LUNCH WITH HIM NEXT WEEK, POSSIBLY ON 10 MARCH, IF THERE IS ANYTHING I NEED TO ADD TO THE ABOVE, GRATEFUL FOR INSTRUCTION BY 10O3OOZ.

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