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SECRET
Mr McLaren
HKB012
RECEIVE DI RECISTRY
14 FEB 1990
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Quinke
Private Secretary
FROM: A R Paul
Hong Kong Department
DATE: 2 January 1989
CC:
1990
PS/Mr Maude
Mr Gillmore
Mr Burns, News Dept
Mr Lidington
REGISTRY
Action Taken
Mr Fraser
HONG KONG: CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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1. The Secretary of State will be holding an office meeting on Wednesday 3 January to discuss the way forward on this issue. particular we will need to decide what line the Governor should take in his forthcoming visit to Peking (now confirmed) and how the issue should be handled by the Secretary of State in Hong Kong.
In my
submission of 21 December, I outlined the available options.
2. The attached paper sets out the potential losses and gains with each option. None of them is risk free and all have disadvantages
of one sort or another.
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A R Paul