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PREM19/2597
China (Internal situation in China) (Part 1)

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Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
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89 Jun 22 Thu China: UKE Beijing to FCO ("Personal for Private Secretary") ["unwise political risk" for let Sir Hal Miller MP make early visit to Beijing] [declassified 2016]
89 Jun 23 Fri China: No.10 letter to Chinese students in UK (PM unable to attend memorial meeting) [arrangements to meet group] [declassified 2016]
89 Jun 27 Tue China: Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with Chinese students" [explain "our very firm and forthright reaction"; address their personal concerns] [declassified 2016]
89 Jun 29 Thu China: UKA Beijing minute ("China/EC Relations") [Madrid European Council declaration & Chinese riposte] [declassified 2016]
89 Jul 4 Tue China: UKE Beijing to FCO ("China Internal: Rectification and leadership") [68th anniversary of CCP used to place "renewed stress on party building"] [declassified 2016]
89 Jul 18 Tue China: UKHC Singapore to FCO ("Call on Lee Kuan Yew. Situation in Hong Kong/China") [recent events "a disaster for China"; sceptical collective leadership can be restored; Zhao Ziyang's miscalculations] [declassified 2016]
89 Jul 19 Wed China: UKE Washington telegram 1940 to FCO (2329Z) ("US/China/Hong Kong: Congressional proposals for further US measures") [expressing US "concern about the absence of guarantees of fair direct elections and human rights in the Joint Declaration"] [declassified 2016]
89 Jul 21 Fri China: UKE Beijing to FCO ("Chinese Foreign Policy") ["Behind resolute words, hints of Chinese worry over Western sanctions and difficulty in retaliating"] [declassified 2016]