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granted on lease is reflected in the 1898 Order, which does not about it,
at present provide a sufficient basis in municipal law for
British administration of the New Territories after 30 June
1997.
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2. There seems to be little likelihood at present that the
Chinese Government would be willing to enter into an agreement
with the UK under which the UK would be authorized to administer
the New Territories after 30 June 1997.
3. If this situation continues (as well it may) then grave
uncertainties about the continuance of UK administration after
30 June 1997 are bound to develop as that date approaches, with serious political and economic consequences for Hong Kong
and the UK.
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4. As I see it, therefore, HMG may well have to contemplate
taking unilateral action to alter the situation in the hope
that such action will receive the tacit acquiescence of the
Chinese and not provoke them into retaliation.
5.
On the UK side it seems to be axiomatic that the territory
of Hong Kong can be satisfactorily administered only as a whole -
in other words, if the New Territories were surrendered, the
rest of the colony would be untenable.
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