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1. The Secretary of State is seeing the Governor of March.
In the FCO, Sir M MacLehose will also see Mr Blaker, the PUS and
Sir E Youde. Calls have been arranged on 11 March on the Home
Secretary and Mr Raison and the Secretary of State for Trade.
He may also see the Secretary of State for Industry. A copy of
the programme is attached.
2. The purpose of the visit is to discuss with the Secretary
of State and Home Office Ministers Hong Kong's deep concern over
the effects on the Territory of the Nationality Bill (Brief No 1).
The Governor has said that he would also like to discuss with the
Secretary of State Vietnamese Refugees (Brief No 2) and Lord
Carrington's visit to the Far East (Brief No 3). I therefore
submit briefs on all three subjects. These should also serve
for Sir M MacLehose's meetings with Mr Blaker and FCO officials.
There is a point of tactics which needs to be mentioned.
3.
The Home Office are reluctant to see any further concessions made
to Hong Kong by way of amendments to the Nationality Bill and much
will depend on how far the Governor can persuade the Home Secretary
that something needs to be done for the Territory.
If Sir M MacLehose
raises, at the same time, the question of a further quota for
Vietnamese refugees, to which the Home Office is also opposed,
there is a risk that Mr Whitelaw will make the link and say that
he is prepared to make a concession on the one, providing Hong Kong
I understand that the gives up its demands on the other.
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