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LEADERS INIMICAL TO OUR AIMS WHICH WOULD THEN BE SET IN
CONCRETE. WE HAVE NO DETAILED POINTS TO RAISE WITH CHINESE
LEADERS AT THIS STAGE ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT.
BUT ZHAO IS A PRACTICAL MAN, AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO EXPLAIN
TO HIM IN GENERAL TERMS OUR THINKING ABOUT THE BASIC LAW AND THE
ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG UP TO 1997.
15. THE CALLS ON DENG XIAOPING AND HU YAOBANG WILL NECESSARILY
BE SHORTER AND FAR MORE DEPENDENT ON ATMOSPHERE THAN SUBSTANCE.
BUT THE MEETING WITH DENG WILL PROBABLY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT OF
THE WHOLE VISIT, PARTICULARLY IN THE HONG KONG CONTEXT. SEPARATE
BRIEFS ARE PROVIDED FOR EACH, DISTILLING THE GENERAL LINES OF THE
BRIEFING FOR THE FORMAL TALKS. THE CONVERSATION WITH DENG WILL
ONLY BE PARTLY ABOUT HONG KONG.
TO CREATE A CLIMATE OF TRUST.
DETAIL AND LATENT SUSPICIONS OF OUR INTENTIONS, OUR PRACTICAL
CONCERNS COULD BEST BE TOUCHED UPON MORE LIGHTLY: THE DEFENSIVE
LINE ON OUR ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG UP TO 1997 MAY WELL BE
NEEDED. THE MEETING WITH HU
THE OBJECTIVE, AS WITH ZHAO, IS
IN VIEW OF DENG'S IMPATIENCE WITH
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER) PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR W HARD ING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
MR J CROWLEY, PUSD
COPIES TO:(VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE
MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE MR COLVIN, CABINET OFFICE
SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST SIR P CRADOCK, ROOM K195
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