1979 May 30 - 1989 Jul 21
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
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 Jul 18 Tu | Major | 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 We | Major | 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 Fr | Major | China: UKE Beijing to FCO ("Chinese Foreign Policy") ["Behind resolute words, hints of Chinese worry over Western sanctions and difficulty in retaliating"] [declassified 2016] |
89 Jun 23 Fr | Major | China: No.10 letter to Chinese students in UK (PM unable to attend memorial meeting) [arrangements to meet group] [declassified 2016] |
89 Jun 7 We | Major | China: UKE Washington telegram 1654 to FCO (2315Z) ("US/China") [Bush response "widely supported on the Hill and in the media … has successfully pre-empted (for now) pressure to go further"] [declassified 2016] |
89 Jun 4 Su | Minor | China: FCO statement (emergency unit set up) ["our paramount concern at the present time is for the safety and well-being of British nationals"] |
89 Jun 9 Fr | Minor | China: FCO emergency unit minute ("Sitrep No.6: 1800 on 9 June") [Deng shown on tv for first time since operation started; student leaders being rounded up; evactuation arrangements] [declassified 2016] |
89 Jun 19 Mo | Minor | China: No.10 letter to FCO (message from Sakharov) [seeks draft reply by 3 July] [declassified 2016] |