28 March 1991
RESTRICTED
From: Private Secretary
To:
J S Wall Esq, CMG, LVO
10 Downing Street
Dow
HONG KONG: LETTER FROM MR CH TUNG ON CHINA'S MOST
FAVOURED NATION STATUS IN THE US
Thank you for your letter of 19 March about a Mr C H
Tung's letter of 14 March to the Prime Minister, which raised the issue of the effect on Hong Kong if China were
to loose its Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status in the US
and thanked the Prime Minister for indicating that he
Would take the matter up with the President. I enclose a
sympathetic draft reply.
Retention of China's MFN status in the US is indeed very important for Hong Kong's continued prosperity.
The Prime Minister raised the MFN issue with President Bush in Bermuda on 13/March outlining the damage any repeal would do to Hong Kong. The President said this was a good argument/to use with Congress and said
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