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POSSIBLE OPTIONS FOR LONG-TERM SOLUTION
ANNEX B
DSR 11C
Continuing British Administration under Present Arrangements
a) With explicit Chinese agreement;
b) with tacit Chinese agreement.
Explicit Chinese statement unlikely.
Legal basis for British
rule uncertain without successor to 1898 Treaty.
Joint Administration.
Probably unworkable. Problems of
confidence. Unlikely any UK Government would agree.
Separate Autonomous Administration within Chinese State but
with Separate Economic System and Currency.
Possibilities include PRC Governor or local man appointed by
Peking with continuing Hong Kong Chinese administration.
Possible use of expatriate administrators.
maintaining confidence.
Problem of
Formal Rendition to China with 'Invitation' to Britain to
continue administration
Chinese unlikely to contemplate.
Legal problems for
basis of British rule.
Problem of confidence.
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