CONFIDENTIAL,
TOOK
CAUSE US ALARM. HE TOOK A HARD LINE ON SOVEREIGNTY
AND HONG KONG'S FUTURE GOVERNMENT ON WHICH HE SAID
THE CHINESE POSITION WAS NOT NEGOTIABLE, BUT
ALLOWED THAT THE TALKS WITH THE UK WERE MAKING SOME PROGRESS.
CORTAZZI
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
LIMITED
ED/EKO
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
ED/PUSD
D/HD/PUSD(MR FLOWER)
RESEARCH DEPT(MR WALKER)
LEGAL ADVISER (SIR IAN SINCLAIR)
PS
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
MR WRIGHT
COPIES TO: (VIA DISTR. ROOM)
SIR PHILIP MOORE BUCKINGHAM PALACE PS/LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
PS/HOME SECRETARY
PS/CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
PS/LORD PRIVY SEAL
PS/SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND
INDUSTRY
COPIES TO:
(VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS
NEWS DEPT
MR. BURROWS LEGAL ADVISERS MR COLES NO 10 DOWNING ST SIR A PARSONS
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MR MARTIN ASSESSMENT STAFF CABINET OFFICE
MR GOODALL CABINET OFFICE MR BRENNAN.......÷
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PS/S OF S FOR DEFENCE
CONFIDENTIAL PS/ATTORNEY GENERAL
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