1979 May 30 - 1989 Jul 21
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2597
China (Internal situation in China) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
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| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Dec 30 |
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| Date | Value | Title |
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| 89 Jun 22 Th | Major | 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 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 27 Tu | Major | 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 Th | Major | China: UKA Beijing minute ("China/EC Relations") [Madrid European Council declaration & Chinese riposte] [declassified 2016] |
| 89 Jul 4 Tu | Major | 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 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] |