Private Secretary
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. SI
08 JUN1981
HONG KONG:
LETTERS FROM SIR Y K PAO
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Problem
1.
Sir Y K Pao, Chairman of World Wide Shipping, wrote two letters
recently to Lord Carrington on 5 May, enclosing a full translation
of a poem entitled 'Hong Kong' from the Peking People's Daily, and on
15 May, enclosing a copy of his speech to the Hong Kong Foreign
Correspondents' Club.
Recommendation
2. I recommend that the Secretary of State reply to Sir Y K on the
lines of the attached draft. I also attach a covering letter from PS
to the Private Secretary of the Governor of Hong Kong.
Background
3.
Sir Y K sent a translation of part of the poem to Lord Carrington
on 16 April. Lord Carrington replied on 29 April.
4. Peking have commented on the significance of the poem, which was
published just prior to the Secretary of State's visit to China. They
an attempt to explain to Chinese readers their Government's
apparently contradictory attitudes to Hong Kong, at once a den of
capitalist iniquity and a useful source of wealth for the motherland.
5. In his speech, Sir Y K quoted from the poem in support of his message
of confidence in the future of the Territory.
1 June 1981
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R D Clift
Hong Kong and General Department
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