CONFIDENTIAL

DSR 11C

1997: but the lease documents which we have agreed upon

with the Chinese will not henceforth indicate that

that the

grant is made in The Queen's name. The legal position,

namely that all land in Hong Kong remains in the

ownership of the Crown until

until 30 June 1997, would not be

would

affected.

1

With, again, my apologies for the delay in writing to

you sooner on this, we should be grateful to know whether

that any difficulties would be seen in this

you consider

malta

proposal at the Palace.

CONFIDENTIAL

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