C
HPLNBN 3380
CONFIDENTIAL
PEHPAN 4556
DD 261130Z FCOLN
DD 2611302 HOKON
FM PEKIN TO HOKON
261025Z NOV 85
GRS 2500
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO DESKBY 26113OZ FCO
TELNO 1730 PART 2
OF 261025Z NOV 85
INFO DESKBY 261130Z HONG KONG
PART TWO OF TOW
318
PAONY
DD 261240
FIVED IN REGISTRY 27 NOV 1985
A827
*
FROM WILSON
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: SECOND MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP: FIRST DAY
MY SECOND INTERVENTION
- 12. AFTER A SHORT BREAK I SAID THAT KE'S HAD BEEN AN IMPORTANT
AND SERIOUS STATEMENT. I SHOULD LIKE TO REFLECT CAREFULLY ON IT. I WAS SURE KE WOULD WISH TO REFLECT SIMILARLY ON MY COMMENTS.
13. I SAID THAT SOME OF KE'S REMARKS INDICATED SERIOUS MISUNDER- STANDINGS OF FACT AND BRITISH INTENTIONS. I OFFERED THE FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY COMMENTS:
(A) DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY. IT WAS QUITE CLEAR THAT AFTER 1997 CHINA WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG WHILST BEFORE 1997 WE WERE RESPONSIBLE. WE WERE DETERMINED TO CARRY OUT THIS RESPONSIBILITY WELL AND FULLY AND TO ENSURE HONG KONG'S CONTINUED STABILITY AND PROSPERITY. THAT WAS OUR AIM. ANY DILUTION OR LIMITATION IN THE SCOPE OF HKG'S RESPONSIBILITY OR THAT OF HMG FOR HONG KONG COULD HAVE A VERY DAMAGING EFFECT, WHETHER BASED ON FACT OR PERCEPTION