EN CLAIR
FROM HONG KONG
UNCLASSIFIED
TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO BIS 13 OF 15 FEBRUARY
CONFERENCE TEN STOP AYE REPORTER ASKED
WHETHER CHINA'S ADMISSION INTO UNITED NATIONS
WOULD HAVE ANY EFFECT ON HONGKONG'S FUTURESSTATUS AND
WHETHER BRITAIN HAD ANY DISCUSSION WITH CHINA ON ITS
POLICY STOP PARA IN REPLY SIR ALEC SAID COLON QUOTE
NO COMMA WE HAD
NO TALKS WITH CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON ITS POLICY TOWARDS
HONGKONG STOP AND THIS MUST BE AYE MATTER
OF SPECULATION AND AYE QUESTION WHICH I DO NOT THINK
ANYBODY CAN ANSWER NOW STOP BUT EYE WAS THINKING IN
TERMS GENERALLY OF GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND
CHINA WHICH MUST BE OF
BENEFIT COMMA EYE THINK EYE CAN SEE NO DISADVANTAGE IN THEM STOP IN FACT THE CLOSER OUR RELATIONS WE GET WITH CHINA COMMA EYE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT COMMA BETTER FOR EVERYBODY INCLUDING HONGKONG STOP UNQUOTE PARA QUESTIONED
ON CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN HONGKONG COMMA SIR ALEC
SAID COLON QUOTE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES
CONSTANTLY TAKE PLACE STOP EYE DO NOT THINK EYE SHOULD
LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS NOW STOP YOU HAVE AYE GOVERNMENT.
AND AN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND AYE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
WHICH ARE VERY ACTIVE STOP EYE THINK THESE ARE MATTERS
WHICH WE DO NOT WANT TO DICTATE STOP SO ANY PROPOSALS
/FOR
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