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CALL ON MR ROYLE BY MR P C WOO:
14 SEPTEMBER 11.15 am
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1. On 28 August Mr Stuart submitted in connection with a
letter (text contained and commented on in HK tel nos 953 and 954) about the Sterling Agreements sent to the Acting Governor
by Mr P C Woo on behalf on the Unofficial Members of the
Legislative Council. A reply was sent on 4 September (FCO
telegram number 866). This referred to the talks which Mr Royle
would be having with the Governor in the present week and
suggested,since Mr Woo would be in London at the same time, that
Mr Woo should call on Mr Royle.
2. Since this exchange of telegrams the Chancellor's message
has gone to Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Declaration is being
considered by the Hong Kong Government. It would obviously not
be right to discuss it in detail with Mr Woo but Mr Royle could
pass to Mr Woo a copy of the press notice issued by the Treasury
which describes the basic content of HMG's offer, and say that we
are discussing it with the Hong Kong Government. Indeed the
Governor will be talking to the Treasury at the same time as
Mr Royle sees Mr Woo.
3.
Whilst it would probably be inadvisable to take up Mr Woo
on his letter point by point (the technical points are dealt with in the attached Annex), the Minister could emphasize that he and
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