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Thank you for your thoughtful and stimulating letter of 19 January about the British commercial effort in Hong Kong. It was good of you to write setting out your ideas
in such detail.
I
no conflict between our objective of ensuring
that the Joint Declaration sticks and that of promoting
Britain's long term commercial interests in Hong Kong. Those interests must surely depend crucially on a smooth
transition in 1997 and on Hong Kong continuing to flourish, which is precisely what the Joint Declaration
is designed to achieve.
Nor would I agree that British Ministers
Senior British Trade Commissioner
or the
are inhibited in any
significant way from pursuing British commercial objectives in Hong Kong. Their remit is clear and
to help British companies secure the
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