Mr Donald

Private Secretary

cc: PS/Lord Belstead

Mr Giffard

SECRET

Lkk 040/s:

جدول

18 APR 1983

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FUTURE OF HONG KONG: VIEWS OF THE SINGAPORE PRIME MINISTER

1. The Private Secretary wrote to Number 10 on 31 March giving a short account of the views of Mr Lee Kuan Yew in a discussion with the Governor of Hong Kong. Sir E Youde has now sent a full report (attached). I think it would be helpful for the Prime Minister to see this account since it provides some useful flavour of Lee Kuan Yew's views and emphasises that the Governor did not prompt him in any way. I submit a draft letter.

11 April 1983

in

R D Clift

Hong Kong and General Department

I

suggested that

we

should

send the

full

text to No 10.

The

ides

of

The

"insulator"

is

an wiresting me

the context

(already passed

No

No 10/ but

is interesting; and I thut the P.M.

would benefit from the flavour of the letter. Lee

is particularly austorikative.

M

SECRET

Astonald

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