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YOUR TELNO 2173: HONG KONG MONITOR : 1987 REVIEW
1. THE SECOND SENTENCE OF THE PROPOSED RESPONSE IN PARA 3 OF
TUR SEEMS TO ME LIKELY TO PRESENT THE SAME DIFFICULTIES AS HAVE BEEN POSED IN THE PAST BY THE WORD CONVERGENCE''. IN OTHER WORDS, IT WILL BE SEEN AS IMPLYING THAT THE REVIEW WILL BE ENGIN-
EERED SO AS TO ACCORD WITH WHAT THE CHINESE PUT INTO THE BASIC LAW.
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! WOULD SUGGEST AS AN ALTERNATIVE THAT THE SECRETARY OF
STATE SHOULD BE ADVISED TO SPEAK IN SIMILAR TERMS TO THOSE I USED IN MY ADDRESS YESTERDAY. ON THIS BASIS, THE RESPONSE WOULD BE
AS FOLLOWS:-
''THE 1987 REVIEW WILL BE A MATTER FOR HMG AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. BUT (SQUARE BRACKETS BEGIN) AS THE GOVERNOR SAID IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 8 OCTOBER, (SQUARE BRACKETS END) BOTH HMG AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE ALIVE AT ALL TIMES TO THE CONCERNS AND VIEWS OF THE OTHER, AS WELL AS TO THE VIEW EXPRESSED BY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. THE
FACT THAT THE TWO GOVERNMENTS WILL BE CONSULTING THE SAME POPULATION AT MUCH THE SAME TIME ON MUCH THE SAME SUBJECTS SUGGESTS THAT THEY
WILL GET THE SAME ANSWER. (IF PRESSED) TOO EARLY TO CONSIDER IN DETAIL IN WHAT WAY THE CHINESE WILL BE INFORMED OF THE OUTCOME OF
THE 1987 REVIEW.**
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3. I CONFIRM THAT IT IS MY JUDGEMENT THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL BE ABLE TO HOLD THE LINE AT THIS POINT AND THAT I CONSIDER THAT IT WOULD BE UNWISE FOR HIM TO BE DRAWN INTO A MORE EXTENDED
REPLY ON THE LINES SUGGESTED IN YOUR TELNO 2146.
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