SECRET
FCS/84/108
لسلا
and Legislative Councils, for
for fear of undermining the credibility of
their claim that they are prepared to let Hong Kong people run
Hong Kong. If their reactio
on was such
to make the final step 25
electing a Governor unworkable, at least HMG would
tried and the onus for the situation would fall
of
be seen to have
on the Chinese.
15. We do not find this a persuasive argument. It would me an a
confrontation with the Chinese, in which not merely the arrangements
up to 1997 would be disrupted but the structure of the post-1997
agreement could be jeopardised. The placing of the blame on the
Chinese would be of no long-term advantage to the people of
Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Department
25 June
1984