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Finally, you refer to the reception given by the FCO
to the delegations from Hong Kong led by Mr Martin Lee,
in December last year. The fact is that I did offer to
meet Mr Lee, in recognition of his special position as a
Legislative Councillor. We considered that Mr Lee was
well able to represent to me the views of the rest of
his delegation. To my regret, Mr Lee declined my offer.
But he subsequently agreed to our offer of meetings with
the Foreign Secretary and myself on a subsequent visit in
He and his delegation also had a meeting with
senior officials in the FCO at that time. I consider the
reception accorded to Mr Lee and his delegation to have
been a perfectly proper one.
January.
I hope that my comments will have reassured you
about our continuing commitment to the people of Hong
Kong. We are determined to carry out our
responsibilities in full in the years ahead.
I am enclosing with this letter a copy of the Hansard
record of the Foreign Secretary's opening statement in
the debate on Hong Kong which took place in the House of
Commons on 20 January. This sets out in detail the
Government's views on Hong Kong issues, including those I
have covered in this letter.