BUT IF SO THE DATES SUGGESTED WOULD INVOLVE CALCELLATION OF TWO MAJOR
ANNUAL GOVERNOR'S COMMITMENTS. THOUGH PERHAPS NOT OF GREAT INTRINSIC
IMPORTANCE, THEIR CANCELLATION WOULD ADD FORCE TO SPECULATION THAT THERE
WAS SOMETHING MAJOR AFOOT.
7. IF IN THE LIGHT OF THE FOREGOING YOU STILL FEEL IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT
I SEE THE PRIME MINISTER IN LONDON, I THINK THE ONLY CHANCE OF DOING SO
WITHOUT MUCH PUBLICITY HERE WOULD BE FOR MY WIFE AND MYSELF TO TAKE
CHRISTMAS LEAVE. I MIGHT ADD THAT FOR VARIOUS REASONS I AM NOT AT ALL
ANXIOUS TO DO THIS,
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Colonial Secretariat, Lower Albert Road,
HONG KONG,
27th November 1973
Enter Miss Kelly nig., FED
"Vi" Reserch Dept
How of
some interest
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After this year's 1st October celebrations
we thought that it would be worth analysing the number of invitations to
the main CPG functions received by Government officers over the last two
years.
A table was thus prepared, to set out the position, together with a
brief commentary on it. The latter includes such information as we could
discreetly obtain about UMELCO invitations and acceptances.
of interest to you.
to Morgan in Peking.
am enclosing copies of both, as they may be
A copy of this letter and the enclosures goes
Yours ever. Peter.
(G. P. Lbyd)
Secretary for Security
A. C. Stuart, Esq, CPM,
Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
LONDON S. W. 1.
ENCLS: 2.
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INVITATIONS TO COMMUNIST DAY CELEBRATIONS
OCTOBER 1973
There are three distinct levels at, which invitations are
2.
(a)
(b)
(c)
The NCNA reception which is for the most senior and is the most
significant. These are marked with an asterisk.
r
Other receptions by, for instance, the Bank of China, China Resources,
NG FUNG HONG and China: Steam Navigation Co. which are of lesser
significance but important in terms of day to day relationships between
Heads of Departments and Communist Chinese officials.
Receptions at working level, chiefly affecting Agriculture and
Fisheries, Kowloon - Cant on Railway, Marine Department and Urban
Services Department.
It is clear that different policies are followed for the Spring Festival
and the National Day Celebrations, Invitations are more lavishly issued
for the former and there are many more parties. It is not however
certain that the Spring Festival is used to feel out the ground before
extending the scope and scale of invitations for National Day
receptions. The comparison is made therefore between National Days in
1971, 1972 and 1973.
3.
One major deduction is that invitations at senior level still tend to be
issued to individuals rather than to office holders: this is exemplified
by Mr. Cater and Mr. Robson, Another is that the Communists are
definitely aiming higher, as the invitations this year to the Colonial
Secretary, Financial Secretary and Deputy Colonial Secretary
demonstrate. It is to be expected that more senior officers will be
invited to the Spring Festivals in 1974 and that the Colonial Secretary
will be asked again to the October celebrations in 1974.
UMELCO Members
4.
In 1972, Messrs. SZETO WAU, Q. W. LEE, James
M. H. WU and PC WOO were invited to and attended the NCNA reception for
the October celebrations; Mr. P. C. WOO notified us of the invitations
and the
intention to accept, He has not done so this year. However, an
examination of the published guest list for this year's reception shows
that Messrs. T.K. ANN and Q. W. LEE were present, and it is thought that
there were very probably others.
5.
Mr. Q. W. LEE, as Social Secretary of UMELCÓ, was asked by a
representative of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce which Chinese
Unofficials would accept an invitation to a dinner at the Metropole
Restaurant on 1st October this year: he was told that Sir Y. K. KAN was
definitely going. Mr. LEE contacted his colleagues and all, save
himself, Mr. James WU, Mr. Wilson WANG and possibly Mr. F. W. LI, said
they could
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and would go.
Mr. LEE believes invitations were then sent and the majority of Chinese
UMELCO members were at the dinner; he was out of the Colony. His comment
was that the CGCC was taking great pains not to be rebuffed by the
refusal of a formal invitation. It is, at least, possible that similar
tactics will be adopted next year by the NCNA in issuing invitations to
the most senior Government officers, i, e. they will try the grand first
through some intermediary such as Mr. Percy CHEN or Mr. R. C. LEE,
Security Branch, Colonial Secretariat,
NOVEMBER 1973
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A new development. Sir High Norman-Walker was invited but left the
Colony on the day of the reception.
A new development. Invitation refused on instructions of the Ag. Gor,
Mr. Cater has attended regularly in the past
A new development
Mr. Robson has attended regularly in the past
(a) DDC & I attended. but not DC & I.
(b) The majority were bidden to two parties but attended only one.
A new departure
A new departure
Mr. Watt was unable to attend, but has been present regularly in the
past. He attended another partyed, kë
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The invitation was to DO Tsuen Wan, who was also asked to the Spring
Festival. An L.0. was present, in lieu, on both "occasions,
Invitations were addressed to Assistant Director and Staff of Abattoira
Division. down to Master Butchers. Representatives Dom Sunday xls
attended,
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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 1364 OF-27TH NOVEMBER, 1973.
PERSONAL FOR PUS FROM GOVERNOR.
YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 1211 ↑ CHINESE REPRESENTAT ION.
I WOULD HAVE LIKED THIS BUT SEE NO WAY OF DOING IT WITHOUT
UNACCEPTABLE SPECULATION.
2.
IF ADDIS RETURNS FOR CONSULTATIONS THIS WOULD CAUSE NO REMARK
HERE. BUT IF I GO TOO AT ANY TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE PRIME MINISTERS
VISIT, AND PARTICULARLY IF I COINCIDE WITH ADDIS, THIS WOULD CAUSE GREAT
SPECULATION HERE, WHICH I SUSPECT WOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE ENGLISH
PRESS. SINCE THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT THE PRIME MINISTER'S SHORT VISIT TO
HONG KONG THAT COULD REQUIRE MY PRIOR RETURN, THE PUBLIC WOULD ASSUME
THE SUBJECT TO BE CHINA/HONG KONG RELATIONS, THAT ESTABLISHED POLICIES
WERE BEING RECONSIDERED, AND THAT THERE WAS CONFLICT BETWEEN ADDIS'S
ADVICE AND MINE. I CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING I COULD SAY THAT WOULD
DEFLECT THE PRESS HERE FROM SUCH AN
OBVIOUS DEDUCTION,
3. THERE IS OF COURSE BOUND TO BE SOME SPECULATION HERE BETWEEN NOW AND
THE MPRIME MINISTER'S VISIT, BUT I AM AFRAID THE JOINT CONSULTATION
PROPOSED WOULD GREATLY INCREASE AND DRAMATISE IT. THIS WOULD CARRY THE
DANGER OF CONDITIONING THE PRESS TO SEE HONG KONG AS THE LEAD STORY IN
THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT, WHICH KOULD BE THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE WANT
AND EVEN OF WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN
IN PEKING.
4.
I SHOULD EXPLAIN THAT I DISCOVER IT IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR THE GOVERNOR TO
BE RECALLED FOR CONSULTATION.
SECRET
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5. THE ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS QUESTION ARE WELL DOCUMENTED IN
TELEGRAMS AND DESPATCHES, AND THERE ARE THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
OF THE S. OF S. AND MR. ROYLE TO DRAW ON, NOR HAS ANYTHING
TRANSPIRED TO INVALIDATE THE REASONING ON WHICH THE S. OF S.
BASED HIS LINE. IN VIEW OF THE LIKELY REPERCUSSIONS OF MY RETURN,
IF THERE IS ANY NEW POINT ON WHICH MY ADVICE IS WANTED COULD NOT THIS BE
DEALT WITH BY TELEGRAM? OF COURSE IF, THE PRIME MINISTER
STAGES THROUGH HONG KONG ON THE INWARD JOURNEY TO
CHINA, WE COULD HAVE A TALK AT THE AIRPORT.
6. I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU WILL WISH TO INSIST ON THIS PROPOSAL BUT IF SO
THE DATES SUGGESTED WOULD INVOLVE CANCELLATION OF TWO MAJOR ANNUAL
GOVERNOR'S COMMITMENTS. THOUGH PERHAPS NOT OF GREAT INTRIESIC
IMPORTANCE, THEIR CANCELLATION WOULD ADD FORCE TO SPECULATION THAT THERE
WAS SOMETHING MAJOR AFOOT.
7. IF IN THE LIGHT OF THE FOREGOING YOU STILL FEEL IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT
I SEE THE PRIME MINISTER IN LONDON, I THINK THE ONLY CHANCE OF DOING SO
WITHOUT MUCH PUBLICITY HERE WOULD BE
MIGHT ADD THAT
FOR MY WIFE AND MYSELF TO TAKE CHRISTMAS LEAVE. FOR VARIOUS REASONS I AM
NOT AT ALL ANXIOUS TO DO THIS,
BUT I THINK IT IS THE ONLY WAY,
MACLEHOSE
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CHINESE REPRESENTATION.
1. I ATTENDED A MEETING AT NO 12 ON 26 NOVEMBER FROM WHICH IT
EMERGED CLEARLY THAT THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD VERY MUCH WELCOME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE WITH YOU BOTH BEFORE HIS
VISIT. MY ADVICE TO HI!! WAS THAT, IF YOU WERE BOTH TO BE PECALLED, IT
WOULD BE BEST FOR THIS TO BE DONE FAIRLY SOON, BUT NOT SO PRECIPITATELY
AS TO CAUSE EXCESSIVE DISLOCATION OF YOUR OWN PROGRAMMES, OR TO BE SO
DELAYED THAT IT WOULD SEEM TO BE A PANIC BEASURE JUST BEFORE THE PRIME
MINISTER'S DEPARTURE.
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2. THE PRIME MINISTER'S DIARY BETWEEN NOW AND CHRISTMAS IS VERY FULL
INDEED, BUT IT WOULD SUIT HIM IF YOU COULD GET HERE ON OR BEFORE 8
DECEMBER WITH A VIEW TO A MEETING ON THE MORNING OF 10 DECEMBER OR JUST
POSSIBLY THE PREVIOUS AFTERNOON AT CHEQUERS. THE SECRETARY
CF STATE WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY FROM 9 TO 11 DECEMBER
ATTENDING A NATO MEETING SO WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE BEFORE
12 DECEMBER. WOULD YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THEREFORE
IF YOU COULD DISENGAGE SO AS TO BE AVAILABLE HERE FROM, SAY, 0 TO 13
DECEMBER?
3. I SHOULD ALSO LIKE YOUR ADVICE, AND PARTICULARLY THAT OF SIR M
MACLEHOSE, ABOUT THE REASON WHICH SHOULD BE GIVEN PUBLICLY FOR YOUR
RETURN. CLEARLY WE WANT AS LITTLE CAUSE FOR SPECULATION AS
POSSIBLE IN HONG KONG WHERE THE RISK OF RUMOUR MONGERING WILL BE
GREATEST. WE COULD ALWAYS SAY THAT THE PRIME MINISTER WISHES TO
DISCUSS ALL ASPECTS OF HIS FORTHCOMING TRIP TO BOTH CHINA AND HONG
KONG: BUT WOULD THAT GIVE HOSTAGES TO FORTUNE IN HONG KONG?
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PERSONAL FOR PUS.
I CAN DISENGAGE WITHOUT DIFFICULTY, BOTH CHINESE AND DIPLOMATIC
COLLEAGUES WILL THINK IT QUITE NATURAL FOR ME TO RETURN FOR
CONSULTATIONS A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE PM'S VISIT.
2. MACLEHOSE MAY FEEL THAT IT WILL ATTRACT LESS ATTENTION IN
HONG KONG IF I TRAVEL BOTH WAYS BY AIR FRANCE DIRECT SERVICE
PEKING/PARIS, AS THERE ARE ONLY TWO AIR FRANCE FLIGHTS A WEEK, TUESDAY
AND SATURDAY, I HOPE IT WILL NOT BE TOO LATE IF I REACH LONDON SATURDAY
NIGHT 8 DECEMBER, READY FOR ANY MEETING ON SUNDAY. ALTERNATIVELY, I
COULD ARRANGE TO TRAVEL VIA HONG KONG AND REACH
LONDON EITHER FRIDAY OR SATURDAY MORNING. AIR FRANCE RETURN FLIGHT FITS
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Mr. Royle has seen a copy of your minute of 15 November to Mr. Wilford
and has commented that he is not happy with the passage in the fourth
sentence of the amended paragraph in paragraph two of the minute, which
begins ".... we ought to be beginning". to the end of the sentence. He
would prefer that we said something like " we ought to be beginning to
lay the foundation for closer cooperation fairly soon". I should be
grateful if you would consider this in preparing the brief in question.
19 November, 1973
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Mr. Wilford
Mr. Youde
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The Prime Minister's Visit to China
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In your letter to Brian Webster of 1 November you mentioned the Prime
Minister's request that further work should be set in hand soon to
prepare for his visit to China. As you know Sir John Hunt is holding a
planning meeting today to consider outline proposals on the objects of
the visit and the subjects to be covered by the briefs.
Meanwhile, I am writing to consult you about a particular problem. This
is whether Sir Murray MacLehose and Sir John Addis should be recalled
for a discussion with the Prime Minister on the difficult issue of
Chinese representation in Hong Kong (paragraph 2 of your letter to
Webster).
RE. 19/11.
Our own view is that it would only be useful for MacLehose and Addis to
return to this country if, after considering the problem and our present
policy towards it, the Prime Minister were to decide in consultation
with the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary that this policy needed to
be changed or at least looked at again. We do not think that there would
be much to be gained from recalling MacLehose and Addis if the Prime
Minister were to decide that there was no need for such a review of our
Policy/unless ¿" the Prime Minister felt the need for a discussion in
depth in preparation for the strong advocacy of the Chinese case with
which he will be met in Peking. There is also a question of timing.
We think that it would in any case be
a mistake to recall MacLehose and Addis at a time near to the date of
the Prime Minister's departure for China; this could give the press and
others who know about the problem the impression of a crisis or lead the
Chinese to suppose that the Prime Minister was contemplating a change in
our position.
The Lord Bridges,
10 Downing Street,
London, S.W.1.
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I enclose a short memorandum which sets out the history of the problem,
the arguments used by the Chinese and our reasons for rejecting the
Chinese proposal. It remains the view of the Governor of Hong Kong which
the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary endorses that the dangers
inherent in acceptance of the Chinese proposal greatly outweigh any
advantage which might accrue in our relations with the Chinese; and in
consequence our recommendation would again be that the Chinese proposal
should not be accepted.
We should be grateful if in the light of this you would let us know the
Prime Minister's wishes.
I am sending a copy of this letter to Webster.
CONFIDENTIAL
(P.H. Grattan)
CUNI TUENTIAL
FICIAL CHINESE REPRESENTATION IN HONG KONG
In February 1956, the Chinese Government proposed that a
representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Peking
should be appointed in Hong Kong. In February 1958 the then Foreign
Secretary (Mr. Selwyn Lloyd) told the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in
London that he could not accept the Chinese
proposal, arguing that the state of relations between the two
countries did not warrant its acceptance. The Chinese did not
react.
2. The Chinese Government returned to the charge in March 1972,
immediately after the, conclusion of our agreement with them to exchange
Ambassadors. Mr. Royle rejected their proposal in May 1972; as did the
Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary when he visited Peking in November
1972 and when the Chinese Foreign Minister visited this country in June
1973. On the latter
occasion, Sir Alec Douglas-Home gave Chi P'eng-fei an aide mémoire
explaining that we could not accept the proposal.
3.
The Chinese argue that the establishment of an official Chinese
representative would be appropriate in the present state of relations
between China and the United Kingdom and that this would be of practical
advantage in resolving admin- istrative problems which arise between
China and Hong Kong. Chou En-lai told the Foreign and Commonwealth
Secretary in
November 1972 that it was not the Chinese intention to establish
"a dual regime" in Hong Kong. The British were ruling Hong Kong
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and were responsible for it; the Chinese did not quarrel with
that.
4. We have three principal reasons for rejecting the Chinese
proposal. The first is that its acceptance would tend to
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undermine the authority of the Governor and his administration,
by creating an alternative focus of loyalty in the colony. The
second is that its acceptance would tend to undermine business
confidence in Hong Kong. The third is that there is no practical
need for a change. Present procedures work perfectly well.
Nevertheless it is accepted that a time may come when, if there
is to be a change in the status of Hong Kong, there will have to
be some agreement with the Chinese which could involve the
appointment of a Chinese representative to live in Hong Kong.
But the time for this is not now, since it would lead to a loss
of confidence which the Governor attaches the highest importance
to avoiding.
5. Although the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary gave
Chi P'eng-fei no grounds for supposing that our position might
change, Chou En-lai is almost bound to bring the subject up.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
November 1973
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Mr. Evans LSP.E.D.)
Mi Davies.
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A point tor the
brief for the P.U.S.
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA: OFFICIAL CHINESE REPRESENTATION IN HONG
KONG
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1. Mr. Royle has seen a copy of your minute of 13 November to the
Private Secretary and has commented as follows:
"I think that it is vital that when the Prime Minister speaks on this
subject to Chou En-lai he should use the identical words that the
Secretary of State and I used last year. This is most important and I
know that the P.U.S., the Governor and the department share my view."
16 November, 1973
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Mr. Wilford Mr. Youde PS to Pus
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Mr. Wilford
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Chinese Representation in Hong Kong
The Secretary of State has seen Mr. Evans' submission of 13 November. He
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.