1989-06-12
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TRANSCRIPT B; SELECT COMMITTEE ON HONG KONG 12 JUNE 1989
SIR DAVID VILSON;
I think the events in Tibet pale into insignificance
almost in comparison with what has been happening recently
Certainly, just looked at from my vantage
in Peking.
can reasonably point, which is the only vantage point I
speak from, the effect of them pales into insignificance.
Certainly, the Chinese Government is very touchy
about what is said on what goes on in China and we are already seeing sigus of that touchiness about what has been said internationally about recent events in Peking.
It would surprise me if we do not see more signs of that
touchiness.
At the same time
Mr. Lawrence was making
and it goes back to a point that
I do hope that the Chinese
Authorities see the effect of what has happened on Hong
Kong and what is I am sure will continue to be their hope, that the arrangements for the future should really work. They still have an immensa vested interest in making sure that those arrangements work. There is a huge amount of remedial work that now needs to be done to make sure that
happens and I hope that they will see it.
MR. MICHAEL JOPLING:
Sir David, is it your view that part of that remedial work would be an improvement to the Joint
Declaration of 19847