D N March Esq OBE
CONFIDENTI AL
4 August 1977
12.
All in all a rather confused picture. On the whole I believe that the results are as favourable to Hong Kong as they can reasonably expect; however reasonableness is not a normal Hong Kong characteristic.
13. A number of these papers are confidential from the point of view of one party or another to the MFA negotiations so you will need to be discreet in drawing on them.
cc:
(without encs)
CW Roberts Esq
(CRE4, DOT) Miss Lowne
(CT Div, DoI) Mr Arbuthnott (EID(E) FCO)
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