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FCO TELNO 53 TO HONG KONG:

FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

PROPOSED ENQUIRY INTO HONG KONG BY THE

THE LAST TIME THE FAC MOUNTED AN ENQUIRY INTO HONG KONG THEY VISITED PEKING (IN APRIL 1989) AS WELL AS HONG KONG. THEY COULD NOT OF COURSE TAKE EVIDENCE HERE IN THEIR NORMAL FASHION BUT THEY HAD MEETINGS AT THE MFA, THE STATE COUNCIL HKMO, AND MOFERT, AND WITH A VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE AND THE

PRESIDENT OF THEIR HOST ORGANISATION, PIFA.

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IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHETHER THE COMMITTEE HAVE IT IN MIND TO VISIT PEKING ON THIS OCCASION, IF A DECISION IS TAKEN TO CONDUCT A FURTHER ENQUIRY.

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