16 JAN 190 12:59 FROM COI TECHNICAL RADIO
TO FCO NEWS
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TRAFSCRIPT C FOREIGN SEC PC
By
BONG KONG 16 JAX 90
4
July
FOREIGN SECRETARY (CUIT);
But what happens after, whether it is possible to maintain
and continue the progress, then that is not a matter for our
decision and that is why the kind of contacts which the Governor
has had, the kind of discussions which have been had with the
Chinese on this are essential if one is looking seriously for the
best way.
It is not giving them a veto or right of decision on what is
within our jurisdiction, but it is seeking to establish what is the
best my fur hung hung, not the Cino-British relationship, the best
way for Hong Kong is actually attainable.
QUESTION (Philip Bowring, Far Eastern Economic Review):
I cannot confess to have read it, but I gather you have
written a novel about the last days of Hong Kong?
FONEIGH SECRETARY:
It was a best seller with a happy ending.
QUESTION:
Will truth be stranger than fiction?
FOREIGN SECRETARY:
Do read it, you might even persuade my publishers to re-
print it.