CHECKLIST
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1. Lease on 92% of territory expires 1997.
2. Need to remove uncertainty.
3.
Talks. 14 rounds.
4. Common aim.
5. Continued British Administration not
realistic.
6.
Examining arrangements for high degree of autonomy under Chinese sovereignty.
7. British objectives: continuity and
agreement formally recording arrangements.
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10.
Believe good grounds for achieving agreement.
Close consultation with Hong Kong people.
Considering methods of testing opinion after publication of agreement.
11. BOTC's: Want agreement to encourage
all to stay.
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