No timetable has been set.
4. The extent and level of Hong Kong's participation
on the British side will be decided in accordance with
the requirements of the talks, but the Governor of
Hong Kong is being consulted throughout and will participate
as and when necessary. As the Prime Minister herself made
clear in Hong Kong in September, the views of the people
of Hong Kong will be taken into account.
5. HMG's aim is to preserve the stability and prosperity
of Hong Kong in a way acceptable to Parliament and to
Hong Kong. We are not making any rigid preconditions
as to how this might be achieved and are receptive to
any proposals that meet this criteria.
We are
concentrating on the talks and do not regard their
outcome as prejudged by anything that may be said
outside. No possible solution that is acceptable to
the people of Hong Kong and to Parliament can be ruled
out.
Hong Kong and General Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
April 1983
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