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Mr Wilford
Private Secretary
TALKS WITH SIR Y K KAN
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1. Sir Y K Kan will be seeing the Secretary of State at 10 am
on Wednesday, 6 June. He is in this country for an industrial
seminar on Hong Kong arranged by the Hong Kong Trade Development
Council. From London he is going on to Germany for the same
purpose. He will return to Hong Kong on 10 June.
2. The Governor has provided a brief on the points which he
expects will be raised. Sir Y K Kan's main concerns are the
death penalty, the implications for the constitutional relation-
ship between Hong Kong and the UK, and the question of the
Chinese Representative. The Secretary of State is not due to
discuss the Representative with Mr Chi Peng-fei until Thursday.
It will not therefore be possible to cover this question in good
KMW detail with Sir Y K Kan. We can, however, reassure him that
the recent discussions on the death penalty do not imply any
change in our acceptance of the importance of Hong Kong's
general interests.
3. On the death penalty itself, Sir Y K Kan will be looking
for reassurance. He was angry about the Tsoi case, and confirmed
to me in Hong Kong that if it had not been for the persuasion
of the Governor he might have resigned. The Governor, however,
dissuaded him with an able exposition of the real position.
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I have submitted separately (my submission of 5 June) on
the use of these talks with Sir Y K Kan to help us make up our
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