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Private Secretary
Issue
CONFIDENTIAL
HKK 040/57
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1 50CT 1984
OFFICER
PA
RESTRY Action Taken
16/10/6x100
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Degret of State.
FROM:
DATE:
8 OCTOBER 1984
cc:
PS/Mr Luce
PS/PUS
HONG KONG: SIGNATURE OF AGREEMENT
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Sir P Cradock on return
Mr Orr,
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A 1. Mr Powell S letter to you of 4 October recorded that the Prime
Minister will herself go to Peking, accompanied by the Secretary of State, to sign the Hong Kong agreement. Mr Powell invited us to
consider whether we should say anything at this stage to the Chinese
Government about the Prime Minister's intentions.
2. I think it would indeed be helpful if Sir R Evans could be
instructed to approach the Chinese at this stage. I submit a draft
letter to No 10, which explains why. FED concur.
3. I am submitting this draft as a self-contained letter, because I understand that Mr Boyd is not yet in a position to incorporate this
general draft on the Prime Minister's travels in Asia.
into a more
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8 October 1984
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Hong Kong Department
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