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FUTURE OF HONG KONG
Problem
1. To bring the Prime Minister up-to-date on the Lord Privy / 131
Seal's visit to Peking and on contingency plans for the medium
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and long-term future of Hong Kong, in preparation for the Prime
Minister's own visit later in the year.
Recommendation
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I recommend that the Secretary of State should write to the
Prime Minister as in the attached draft attaching the contingency
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Background and Argument
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3. This submission is a sequel to the earlier submission of
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Since then:
a) The Prime Minister has agreed in principle to visit
China, Japan and Hong Kong between 16 and 29 September 1982;
b) The Prime Minister has asked the Secretary of State for
his further thoughts in due course on the Hong Kong problem;
c) The Lord Privy Seal has visited China, Japan and Hong Kong
and has discussed with the Chinese Hong Kong's future as
well as the Prime Minister's visit.
From the discussions the Lord Privy Seal held with the
Chinese leadership (Peking Telegrams Nos 17 and 18 refer), it is
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