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ow being thought to have fallen short in of responsibilities to the people of Hong Kong). 3. The Chinese on the other hand do probably have an intrinsic intrest in Hong Kong's existing in its present form: if it didn't exist they would have to invent something like it to achieve the's declared policy objectives. If that where all there were to it, it ought to be very simple for.
us to come to an arrangement with the Chinese under which we stayed in Hong Kong for as long as they needed us to, and then gracefully and amicably departed. Unfortunately that is not all there is to it: there remains the third factor in the equation-the Hong Kongers. They undoubtedly have an interest in our being - Hong Kong, and, however one looks at it, that interest is not going to diminish
Age for the foreseeable future.
4. In the long run
how staunch we are
therefor the question is us
going to be in standing up for the interests of Hong Kong belonger when the the ones point is reached at which the Chinese decide that they no longer need usin Hong Kong and suggest that we plan on leaving. I suspect that it will not be in HMG's interest to be nearly as robust
people in Hong Kong (vide N Rowlands bast Tuesday) CODE assume we will be but that is perhaps something 18-78 that cannot be decided until we have thought the 55 10/76 whole problem through. W. Quatill 31/8
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