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BRITISH EMBASSY,
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A C Stuart Esq CPM
Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Department Foreign and Commonwealth Office LONDON SW 1
Dear Andrew,
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HONG KONG: A CASE TO ANSWER
25 October 1974
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Thank you for your letter of 14 October.
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M. Rak
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Sir D. Watson
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I can offer you some reassurance. I do not think that the Chinese Government would at the present time welcome action either by the British Government or by the British proletariate to hand Hong Kong back. If this had been in their minds they could have started the ball rolling by indicating through some convenient channel to the Portuguese that they would be ready to accept the return of Macao. There has been no sign of this that I know of and all the indications are that the Chinese remain content with the status quo in Hong Kong and Macao. I therefore share your belief that the authors' conclusions on these points are their own and even the Chinese Embassy may have been a little startled to read them.
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Your Teddy Yande
Edward Youde
Copy to:
A E Donald Esq
Political Adviser
HONG KONG
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