CONFIDENTIAL
68A
布政司署
香港下亞畢道
GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT
LOWER ALBERT ROAD
HONG KONG
本署檔號 OUR Rer.:
SCR 3/5701/81
*YOUR Ref.:
Entis
19 March. 1981
RD Clift Esq
Hong Kong & General Department
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Q.27.3.
Mr. Pa
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 2 6 MAP 1981
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REGISTRY Action Taken
VISIT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO GUANGDONG:
CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG SLFUTURE 27.3 AN
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Before the Chief Secretary went on last week's visit to Guangdong (about which I have reported in detail separately), it was agreed that, if a suitable opportunity presented itself, he should speak in broad brush terms about continuing prosperity in Hong Kong, on which Guangdong's earnings depended, being related not only to the state of world trade but also to confidence in the territory.
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The Chief Secretary referred to this point on two occasions. One was in speaking to the new First Party Secretary, Ren Zhongyi. The other was when speaking over dinner to Governor Liu.
3.
You will see from the record of conversation with Ren, attached, that he may well not have picked up precisely what was being said to him, although I expect his note takers did. Liu (note of conversation also attached) probably realised what was being said but, as might be expected, turned the comment by saying that the development of Shenzhen would help confidence in Hong Kong and pointing to the significance of long-term arrangements for investors in the Special Economic Zone.
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In all, we have done no more than register with the new Guangdong leadership that there is a confidence-in- Hong Kong dimension which could affect their ability to earn foreign exchange. No more was planned or expected.
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RJT McLaren Esq (FED)
M W Atkinson Esq MBE (PEKING)
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