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PDF 79 May 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 minute to MT (meeting with Yue-Kong Pao) [MT “Fit him in”] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 May 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Sino-British relations”) [declassified 2013]
PDF 79 Jun 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: MT letter to Sir Lawrence Kadoorie (trade and industrial contracts with Hong Kong & China) ["The personal commitment you have made to Sino-British relations is one which is well recognised"] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 79 Jun 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Pym minute to Carrington (“Reinforcement of Hong Kong”) [Hong Kong garrison] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Jun 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Yue-Kong Pao) [oil shortage; Vietnamese refugee problem] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Jun 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Home Office briefing to No.10 (Vietnamese refugees) [refugee problem; Hong Kong garrison; future of Hong Kong] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Jun 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: MoD record of conversation (“Record of a discussion between the Secretary of State for Defence and the Governor of Hong Kong”) [reinforcement of Garrison] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Jun 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (“Reinforcement of Hong Kong”) [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Jun 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (“Vietnamese Refugees”) [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Jul 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 minute to MT ("Sir Lawrence Kadoorie") [MT keen for meeting to discuss trade and industrial contracts with Hong Kong & China] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 79 Aug 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Department of Industry briefing for MT ("Sir Lawrence Kadoorie") [trade and industrial contracts with China] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 79 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sir Lawrence Kadoorie) [trade and industrial contracts with China] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 79 Aug 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: MT letter to Sir Lawrence Kadoorie (developing trade links with China: discussions with Exxon) [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 79 Aug 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Carrington minute to Pym (“Hong Kong Reinforcements”) [Garrison; refugee immigration] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Carrington minute to MT (“Hong Kong: New Territories Leases”) [future of Hong Kong] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Nov 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: No.10 record of conversation (“Record of a discussion between the Prime Minister and Premier Hua Guofeng”) [future of Hong Kong; Sino-British trade] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: MT letter to Chris Patten MP (future of Hong Kong) [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Dec 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Carrington PS letter to Pym PS (“Defence sales to China: Cymbeline radar”) [notification to COCOM] [declassified 2013]
PDF 80 Feb 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Keith Joseph letter to Lord Carrington ("Guangdong nuclear power-station, People's Republic of China") ["The attached report... proposes that the UK should continue its close involvement in the project"] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Mar 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: MT letter to Sir Lawrence Kadoorie (Keith Joseph, Sir Lawrence Kadoorie) [China/Hong Kong nuclear power station projects] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Apr 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Department of Industry record of conversation (Keith Joseph, Sir Lawrence Kadoorie) [Guangdong nuclear power station project] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 May 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Fowler PS letter to No.10 (China orders for British railway industry firms) [MT keen for orders] [declassified 2013]
PDF 80 May 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Portugal: FCO briefing for MT ("Visit of Portugese Prime Minister: 19 May 1980" ) [Portugese objectives/UK objectives; accession to EC; international affairs; bilateral relations; pre-accession aid] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 80 Jul 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Keith Joseph PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of Sir Lawrence Kadoorie") [MT agrees to meeting to discuss China/Hong Kong power station contracts] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Jul 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Department of Industry record of conversation (Keith Joseph, Sir Lawrence Kadoorie) [Guangdong nuclear power station project] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Jul 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Department of Industry briefing for MT (Guangdong nuclear power station project) [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sir Lawrence Kadoorie) [Guangdong nuclear power station project] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Aug 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: MT letter to Sir Lawrence Kadoorie (Guangdong nuclear power station project) [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Keith Joseph letter to Lord Carrington ("Guangdong nuclear power station project") [request to sound out the Chinese during visit to Beijing] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: MT letter to Yue-Kong Pao (free trade) [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: Parkinson letter to colleagues (Government support for the textile industry) [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 minute to MT (meeting with Yue-Kong Pao) [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: MoD letter to No.10 (“Hong Kong Garrison”) [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Lord Carrington PS letter to No.10 ("Guangdong nuclear power station project") [exploratory discussions with Chinese] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: FCO briefing to No.10 (“Sir Y K Pao”) [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Yue-Kong Pao) [shipbuilding contracts and the new Chinese and US regimes] [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: Gilmour letter to Nott (“Textiles”) [US imports, Multi-Fibre Arrangement, Hong Kong] [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Dec 5 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Keith Joseph PS letter to No.10 ("Letter from Sir Lawrence Kadoorie") [Hong Kong & Guangdong nuclear power station projects] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Dec 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Keith Joseph letter to Lord Carrington ("Guangdong nuclear power station project") [MT stresses importance of not losing contract] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Dec 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Gilmour letter to Keith Joseph ("Guangdong nuclear project") [MT raises concerns over terms of Anglo-French package] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Dec 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: MT letter to Yue-Kong Pao (Austin & Pickersgill shipbuilding contract) [“I will take a personal interest in the progress on these orders”] [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Dec 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Keith Joseph ("Guangdong nuclear project") [equity from the UK] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 81 Jan 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: No.10 minute to MT (“Guangdong Nuclear Power Station”) [risk of losing contract to the French] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Jan 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: No.10 letter to Dept of Energy (Guangdong Nuclear Power Station) [directive to discuss with French but keep other options open] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Jan 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Castle Peak B Power Station, Hong Kong”) [“obvious risks… necessary… to ensure… the contract”] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Jan 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: MT letter to Derek Kimber (shipbuilding contracts and the Far Eastern market) [Austin & Pickersgill Ltd/Yue-Kong Pao, World Wide Shipping] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Feb 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: K Joseph minute to Carrington (“Guangdong Nuclear Power Station”) [relative merits of joint working with French and US] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Mar 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Joseph PS minute to MT (“Castle Peak “B” Station, Hong Kong”) [“failure would have serious implications”] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Mar 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: K Joseph minute to MT (“Hong Kong: Castle Peak B Power Station”) [“This is the largest export order for power generating equipment that UK firms have ever won”] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Apr 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: MT letter to Sir Lawrence Kadoorie (Guangdong Nuclear Power Station) [“He is a marvellous man - and a wonderful friend to Britain”] [declassified 2012]

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