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HONG KONG: A CHANGE OF DESTINY
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FROM: A C Galsworthy
DATE:
August 1985
Cc: PS/PUS
Sir W Harding
Mr Elliot,
FED
Mr Walker,
Research
1.
I submit a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong
giving a Hong Kong perspective on the negotiations leading
up to the Joint Declaration and the Governor's view of the
next 12 years.
2.
In the despatch the Governor briefly
briefly outlines the
history of Hong Kong and emphasises Britain's moral
repsonsibility to the territory which was shouldered on
our re turn to Hong Kong in 1945.
3.
negotiations
The Governor then gives a brief account of the
as seen from Hong Kong. He argues that we
were right to press for British administration in the
early stages of negotiation, until forced to move by the
September crisis. He pays
of
the
Unofficials
in
confidentiality
and yet
tribute to the difficult role
the negotiations, tied by
responsible to the people
of
The Governor
stresses the importance of
Hong Kong.
the
de tail contained in Annex 1 to the Joint Declaration and
the fact that the agreement
was legally binding in winning
over the people of Hong Kong to the Agreement.
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