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FROM R JT MCLAREN, PA, HONG KONG
DATED 14 JUNE 1982
FOLLOWING FOR R D CLIFT ESG, HKGD FCO
COPY TO
M W ATKINSON ESQ MBE PEKING
M ELLIOT ESQ FED CO
FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
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I AM SORRY THAT YOU HAVE HAD TO WAIT SO LONG FOR A REPLY TO YOUR LETTER OF 30 MARCH ABOUT CONCESSIONS WHICH THE CHINESE MIGHT SEEK IN THE CONTEXT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE. THIS IS PARTLY BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN PREOCCUPIED WITH OTHER MORE IMMEDIATE MATTERS CONCERNING THE FUTURE: AND PARTLY BECAUSE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS RAISED IN YOUR LETTER ARE INHERENTLY VERY DIFFICULT.
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2. WHAT FOLLOWS IS OF COURSE PREDICATED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT AVY CONCESSIONS IN THESE AREAS WOULD BE OFFERED OR EXTRACTED IN THE
FOR CONTEXT OF CHINESE WILLINGNESS TO UNDERSTAND/RECOGNISE THAT THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, THE CONTTINUING PROSPERITY AND STABILITY CF HONG KONG REQUIRES THAT BRITISH ADMINISTRATION SHOULD CONTINUE AFTER 1997. IF THEY ARE NOT SC WILLING- IE THEY DRAW NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN SOVEREIGNTY AND CONTROL- THEN THE OBJECTIVE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT.