CONFIDENTIAL
HKK040/5 388
OF OUR POSITION ON ADMINISTRATION (OTTAWA TEL NO 529) AND
VICE FOREIGN MINISTER QIAN QICHEN'S REMARKS LAST WEEK IN TOKYO (WHEN HE SPOKE TO JAPANESE JOURNALISTS IN TERMS SIMILAR
TO THOSE HU HAD USEDON 15 AUGUST, ADDING THAT HE HOPED THE TALKS WOULD BE COMPLTED WITHIN A YEAR) ARE AMPLE EVIDENCE OF THIS.
CLARK
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
LIMITED
7
COPIES TO
SIR IAN SINCLAIR LEGAL ADVISER
MR BURROWS
HD/HKD
HD/FED
MR ROBERTS
HD/PLANNING STAFF
MR MARTIN
HD/PUSD
PS
PS/LADY YOUNG
MR FLOWER
PS/MR LUCE
MR COLES
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
MR WRIGHT
LEGAL ADVISER
NEWS D
SIR A PARSONS
MR WALKER
ASSESSMENTS STAFF
CABINET OFFICE
PUSD
NO 10 DOWNING STREET
NO 10 DOWNING STREET
RESEARCH D OAB 2/82
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