布政司署
香港下亞厘畢道
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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT
LOWER ALBERT ROAD HONG KONG
Our Ref.: PA CR 4/3571/88
Your Ref.: CAEAEN
17/4
Ms Carma Elliot
тонко oni MkD 308/1
Hong Kong Department
F CO
23 March 1989
1. Mr
17/4. Kur Withe.
I am willing to give Mr Clift's suggestion
а
try
but I don't know how much success I'm to have!
likely
WURTH
ATRY.
1
Cε 19/4
2. pa pl CEM4
Dear Carma,
BULL POINTS
1.
Many thanks for your letter of 17 March 1989 with a list of 1984 quotations on the Joint Declaration. We will make what use we can of these. I hope at the same time that it may be possible to compile a set of more recent complimentary views on the HMG/HKG record. Some of those in your list (notably Emily Lau and Margaret Ng) have since changed their minds because of what they would claim is
a let down in the implementation of the Joint Declaration.
It would be nice to show that there are still some commentators who see the whole record in a more balanced light.
Jus
Dich
(R D Clift)
Political Adviser
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