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YOUR TELNO 2340-1: LORD GLENARTHUR'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: INTERVIEW
WITH BBC EXTERNAL SERVICES.
1. I AGREE GENERALLY WITH THE DRAFT REPLIES IN SECOND TUR, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING
COMMENTS:
(A) A1. TO END-!!
TERRITORY''
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ISSUES AND MEET THOSE INVOLVED IN RUNNING THE
(B) A2. DELETE ''AIM TO'' IN SECOND SENTENCE.
(C) A4. SUGGEST DELETING
BEFORE THE FIRST.
''YES'' AND PUTTING THE SECOND SENTENCE
'NO QUESTION OF
(D) A5. SUGGEST REPLACING LAST SENTENCE BY
DECISIONS BEING TAKEN ON OUTCOME OF REVIEW AT THIS STAGE.
(E) A6. DELETE SECOND SENTENCE. THIRD SENTENCE TO START- ''BUT OUR POSITION REMAINS CLEAR:'!
(F) A7. I SEE NO OBJECTION TO ANSWERING THE QUESTION IN AWAY THAT
RECOGNISES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BASIC LAW. I SUGGEST THE
FOLLOWING- ''UNDER THE JOINT DECLARATION, WE REMAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG UNTIL 30 JUNE 1997 AND THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT HAS PLEDGED TO COOPERATE IN THIS. WE TAKE THIS
RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY. THE BASIC LAW WILL OF COURSE SET OUT THE
DETAILS OF THE BASIC POLICIES OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TOWARDS THE
HONG KONG SAR WHICH ARE LAID DOWN IN THE JOINT DECLARATION. ONCE
THE FINAL VERSION OF THE BASIC LAW HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN 1990, WE
SHALL OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT AS WE APPROACH
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(G) A8. REPLACE LAST SENTENCE BY
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''CONFIDENT IT WILL REMAIN SO.''
(H) A10. I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO MAKE THE POINT THAT THERE
HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF A RUN-DOWN ON PURELY PRACTICAL GROUNDS.
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