WHY NOT GIVE UP HONG KONG?
8. We administer the Colony in the interests of the four million
inhabitants who have chosen to live there. It is apparent that
the Chinese Government do not wish to disturb the present situation.
LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS' PRESS CONFERENCE
19. My noble Friend pointed out that it would not be easy, in any
Dependent Territory, for a British Government to resist a genuine
popular movement for constitutional change. He alluded, however,
to the need to take full account of all the external and other
implications involved.
10.
The press reports are inaccurate.