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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 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]
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 7 Wed 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 19 Mon China: No.10 letter to FCO (message from Sakharov) [seeks draft reply by 3 July] [declassified 2016]
89 Jun 5 Mon China: No.10 minute for MT ('China') [situation developing "very fast", possible UK measures; "you can probably afford to step up further your condemnation of what is happening"] [declassified 2016]
88 Sep 15 Thu China: Cradock minute for MT ("China: position of Zhao Ziyang") [rumours his position under threat, but UKE in Beijing thinks it remains strong; Cradock thinks reform likely to slow down] [declassified 2016]