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FROM:
A C Galsworthy, HKD
DATE:
16 September 1985
CC:
Sir W Harding
Dr Wilson
PS/Mr Renton
HONG KONG: BRIEFING FOR MR RENTON
1.
NIR
important
You asked in your minute of 10 September for a
note summarising the
most
current
developments on Hong Kong.
Future of Hong Kong
2.
i s
The Department's work
centred on the
implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration
an Hong Kong, under which Hong Kong will become a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic
of China on 1 July 1997. The coming 12 years will be
a difficult time for Hong Kong, and will requi re a
delicate political balance to be struck by HMG. We
need cooperation with the Chinese, but we must be seen
in Hong Kong as prepared
prepared to stand up for Hong Kong's
interests.
A
Joint Liaison Group
3.
The main forum for cooperation with the Chinese
is the Joint Liaison Group (JLG). I attach a copy of
Annex Il to the Joint Declaration giving its terms of
reference. Its first meeting took place in London for 22 to 25 July, and its next meeting will take place in
Peking from 26 to 29 November. The British delegation i s led by Dr Wilson and includes two members of the Hong Kong Government, one of whom
a Hong Kong
Chinese. The Group got off to a good start at its
first meeting working in atmosphere.
a
i s
relaxed and
constructive
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