DD 05010OZ HONG KONG
GRS211
UNCLASSIFIED
DESKBY 050100Z
FM FCO 041400Z JULY 1983
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 602 OF 4 JULY
UNCLASSIFIED
2510
1
HRK 026/5
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
- 8 JUL 1983
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REGISTRY
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Action Takan
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AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
VISIT BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
1. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE GOVERNOR WE HAVE ISSUED THE FOLLOWING
NEWS RELEASE:
AS PART OF THE CONTINUING PROCESS OF CONSULTATION ON THE FUTURE
OF HONG KONG, THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG ACCOMPANIED BY THE
UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ARE VISITING LONDON
FOR TALKS WITH MINISTERS ON 4 AND 5 JULY. THEY HAVE HAD MEETINGS
WITH THE PRIME MINISTER, THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND
COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, AND THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG
IN THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, MR RICHARD LUCE.
MINISTERS REAFFIRMED THEIR COMMITMENT TO HONG KONG AND THEIR
AIM OF SEEKING ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO PARLIAM-
ENT, TO CHINA AND TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. THEY EMPHASISED
THE IMPORTANCE WHICH THEY ATTACH TO THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL WHICH WOULD CONTINUE TO BE SOUGHT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE
OF THE TALKS.
THE GOVERNOR AND THE UNOFFICIALS EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO MEET THE PRIME MINISTER AND, SO SOON AFTER
TAKING UP THEIR NEW RESPONSIBILITIES, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE AND MR
LUCE, AND TO CONVEY TO THEM THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. HOWE
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
LIMITED
HD/HKO
COPIES TO:
HD/FED
MR BURROWS
HD/PLANNING STAFF
MR MARTIN
HD/PUSD
PS
MR FLOWER
MR COLES
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD MR WRIGHT
SIR I SINCLAIR LEGAL ADVISER
LEGAL ADVISERS
ASSESSMENTS STAFF CABINET OFFICE
PUSD
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