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FM FCO 13090OZ JUN 80
TO PRIORITY PEKING
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 332 OF 13 JUNE
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR)
FOR AMBASSADOR FROM DONALD
YOUR TELS NOS 62 AND 69 TO HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TEL NO 150 TO
PEKING: LEASES AND FUTURE OF HONG KONG
1.
YOUR EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE HADDON-CAVE VISIT PROVIDES A
HELPFUL BASIS FOR US TO SUBMIT TO MINISTERS ON THE NEXT STEPS. THERE ARE STILL A NUMBER OF UNCERTAIN POINTS, NOTABLY OUR ASSESS-
MENT OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE CHINESE ARE PREPARED TO TACKLE
THE LONG AS WELL AS THE SHORT-TERM ISSUES. BUT WE HAVE MORE TO
5UILD ON THAN BEFORE AND SHOULD BE ATLE TO PRORE THE CHINESE
POSITION BY CONTINUING ON THE SAME PRAGMATIC LINES.
2.
IN ANY CASE, WE ACCEPT THE TACTICAL ADVICE ON WHICH YOU ARE BOTH AGREED, THAT WE SHOULD DO NO MORE BEFORE LORD CARRING- TON'S VISIT THAN PUT THE CHINESE ON NOTICE THAT HE WILL WISH TO
RAISE THE ISSUE. IT WOULD CLEARLY BE TOO EARLY TO DO THIS FEFORE
YOU DEPART ON LEAVE AT THE END OF JUNE. I PRESUME HOWEVER THAT
YOU WOULD PREFER TO SPEAK TO THE CHINESE PERSONALLY AND WE THINK
THAT THERE WILL BE TIME ENOUGH AFTER YOU RETURN TO PEKING IN
EARLY SEPTEMBER. BY THEN SOME OF THE HINTS FROM THE CHINESE TO
WHICH THE GOVERNOR REFERS IN PARAGRAPH 10 OF HIS TUR MAY HAVE
DEVELOPED FURTHER. WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE A FIRM MINISTERIAL VIEW.
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