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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1519 OF 10 DECEMBER
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, TOKYO (PERSONAL FOR SIR E YOUDE)
MIPT: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA AND HONG KONG: STEERING BRI
PASSAGES ON HONG KONG FOR INCLUSION IN THE STEERING BRIEF FOR
UK OBJECTIVES
3.A. HONG KONG,
I) THROUGH THE PRIME MINISTER'S PARTICIPATION IN THE SIGNATURE
CEREMONY. TO DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT TO THE FULL
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HONG KONG AGREEMENT AND TO SECURE A SIMILAR
DEGREE OF COMMITMENT ON THE CHINESE SIDE.
II) TO EXPRESS OUR READINESS TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT TO PUT THE AGREEMENT INTO EFFECT: TO ELICIT A SIMILAR
RESPONSE ON THE CHINESE SIDE, AND IN PARTICULAR TO PREPARE THE
WAY FOR INFLUENCING THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW.
III) TO REASSURE CHINESE LEADERS THAT UP TO 1997 HONG KONG WILL
CONTINUE TO BE ADMINISTERED EFFECTIVELY AND PRUDENTLY.
LIKELY CHINESE OBJECTIVES
4.
A.
HONG KONG
I) TO REASSURE US OF CHINA'S COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
AGREEMENT.
II) TO PREPARE THE GROUND FOR INCREASING THEIR INFLUENCE OVER THE
ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG WHILE KEEPING CHINA'S OWN HANDS FREE.
III) TO SEEK REASSURANCE THAT UP TO 1997 OUR ADMINISTRATION OF
HONG KONG WILL PRESERVE THE TERRITORY'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY.
ON HONG KONG THE POINTS TO MAKE ARE RELATIVELY GENERAL ONES.
THE AIM IS TO ESTABLISH A CLIMATE OF TRUST AND GOODWILL IN WHICH
THE AGREEMENT CAN BE PUT INTO EFFECT. THERE IS A STRONG NEGATIVE
AIM, TO AVOID PROVOKING ANY HIGH LEVEL STATEMENT FROM CHINESE
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