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CONFIDENTIAL

ZCZC

CONFIDENTIAL

TELEGRAM

FM FCO

TO DESKBY 26010OZ PEKING

TELNO

OF 241758Z OCT 92

AND TO DESKBY 26010OZ HONG KONG

INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG

DESKBY

: ELECTION COMMITTEE PUBLICATION OF

1

i

HONG KONG TELNO

MINISTERIAL

EXCHANGES

1. I HAVE DECIDED THAT, IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESSURE IN HONG KONG

FOR PUBLICATION OF THE MINISTERIAL MESSAGES REFERRED TO BY LU

PING AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE, WE SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO

PUBLISH THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

2.

THE THREE DOCUMENTS ARE:

THE BRITISH PAPER IN FCO TELNO 98 TO PEKING OF 5 FEB 1990

THE CHINESE REPLY IN PEKING TELNO 191

MY MESSAGE TO QIAN IN FCO TELNO 119

WE HAVE ALSO CONSIDERED WHETHER TO PUBLISH THE TWO OTHER MESSAGES

REFERRED TO BY LU PING (MY MESSAGES OF 18 AND 30 JANUARY), BUT

HAVE CONCLUDED THAT AS THESE COVER A RANGE OF OTHER ISSUES, AND

DEAL ONLY BRIEFLY WITH THE ELECTION, COMMITTEE IN WAYS WHICH ARE

HKD

RICKETTS

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