TNAG-2801-FCO40-4041-Hong-Kong-six-monthly-meetings-of-foreign-ministers-1993 — Page 6

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FM UKMIS NEW YORK

TO DESKBY HONG KONG

TELNO 3

OF 010041Z OCTOBER 93

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, FCO

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TOP COPY DIST?

RB 142 116477 MDHIAN/7491

FOR DINHAM, GOVERNMENT HOUSE FROM HUM (SECRETARY OF STATE'S PARTY)

HONG KONG TELNO 1552: 1993 POLICY ADDRESS TO LEGCO

1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TELL QIAN AT THEIR MEETING ON 1 OCTOBER THAT HE WILL RECEIVE HIS OWN ADVANCE TEXT OF THE LEGCO ADDRESS ON 5 OCTOBER. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION, DESKBY 011100Z, THAT THE GOVERNOR SEES NO OBJECTION TO A COPY OF THE TEXT, AND OF HIS COVERING MESSAGE TO LU PING, BEING SENT BY THE EMBASSY IN PARALLEL TO QIAN (OR TO HIS OFFICE IF HE WILL NOT HAVE RETURNED TO PEKING).

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LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS NEWS D

PS/MR GOODLAD

SIR J COLES

MR HUM

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CAOFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE (DIO) CAOFF//MISS NEVILLE-JONES

CAOFF//MR SIBSON

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