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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG
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THE GUARDIAN OF 14 JULY CONTAINS AN ARTICLE BY JOHN GITTINGS
SPECULATING INTER ALIA THAT AT THE END OF THE FIRST SESSION OF
TALKS IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT BRITAIN IS WILLING TO CONCEDE
SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG.
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THE ARTICLE ALSO SAYS THAT A BRITISH DIPLOMAT IN PEKING HAD
' TACITLY ACCEPTED THE CHINESE POSITION' ON THE NON-REPRESENTATION
OF HONG KONG IN THE TALKS, EXPLAINING THAT 'THE PEOPLE OF HONG
KONG WILL NOT HAVE A DIRECT VOICE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS - WE WILL
SEEK THEIR ADVICE AND SO I IMAGINE WILL THE CHINESE NOR WILL
THEY HAVE ANY VOTE ON THE RESULTS. THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS'.
3. THE ARTICLE SAYS THAT DURING THIS CONVERSATION THE
DIPLOMAT SAID THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WOULD NOT HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE OR REJECT THE RESULTS OF NEGOTIATIONS.
4. GRATEFUL FOR URGENT CLARIFICATION, DESKBY 141230Z, TO DEAL
WITH POSSIBLE PALIAMENTARY INTEREST THIS AFTERNOON.
HOWE
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