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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 08090OZ FCO
TELNO 2900
OF 080445Z SEPTEMBER 86
CONFIDENTIAL
FOR HUM, HKD, FROM GOVERNOR
MINISTERIAL VISITS TO HONG KONG
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1. HT WILL NOT HAVE ESCAPED YOUR NOTICE THAT 4 MINISTER MP. SPICER, MR. FREEMAN, MR. MORRISON AND MR. WADDINGTON
WILL
ALL BE VISITING HONG KONG WITHIN A 2-WEEK PERIOD. LATER THIS MONTH. PRESUME THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE OTHER MINISTERS' WISHTS AND OF THE SPECIAL NEED FOR A COMMON LINE TO BE TAKEN, IN PUBLIC AND WITH THE PRESS ON SOME SENSITIVE ISSUES INVOLVING UK POLICY TOWARDS HONG KONG.
2. YOU MAY BE NOW HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF MR. JACK DORMAND'S PRESS CONFERENCE, AT WHICH HE WAS REPEATEDLY ASKED BY DAVID BONAVIHA ABOUT IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS. THIS IS ONE OBVIOUS SUBJECT THAT IS LIKELY TO BE RAISED WITH MINISTERS, ESPECIALLY MR. WADDINGTON. OTHERS ARE DAYA BAY AND THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN THE UK, HMG'S ATTITUDE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENT- ATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG AND THE QUESTION OF CONVERGENCE BETWEEN THE BASIC LAW AND THE 1987 REVIEW.
3. SOME OF THESE SUBJECT ARE OF COURSE OUTSIDE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE VISITING MINISTERS. WOULD STRONGLY ADVISE, HOWEVER, THAT THEY SHOULD NOT ONLY STATE THAT THIS IS THE CASE: T TENDS TO LEAD TO FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS MUCH BETTER FOR THEM TO HAVE SOME POSITIVE GENERAL FORMULA TO USE E.G. ON ISSUES ARISING FROM THE JOINT DECLARATION: THEY MIGHT SAY THAT THAY ARE CONFIDENT THAT BOTH HMG AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF IMPLEMENTING THE JOINT DECLARATION FULLY AND FAITHFULLY AND ON NATIONALITY AND ACCESS TO THE U.K., THAT THE MISSUES HAVE BEEN VERY FULLY DISCUSSED IN PARLAMENT WHERE HMG'S POS ITHMON WAS STATED IN DETAL. (MR WADDINGTON WILL OF COURSE HAVE TO GO MUCH FURTHER ON NATIONALITY ISSUES, VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ETC).
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