CELLOR OF
THE
EXCHEQUER
8
Treasury Chambers, Parliament Street, SWIP ÇAG
071-270 3000
Rt Hon Douglas Hurd CBE MP
Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Downing Street
LONDON
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Duw Dayles
HONG KONG : AIRPORT PROJECT
22 March 1991
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Thank you for sending me a copy of your minute dated 18 March to
the Prime Minister.
2. I certainly understand why you would like to secure from the Chinese a public statement of support for the airport project,
though there must be room for doubt about whether this would be a decisive influence on the degree of private sector participation
in the project.
3.
However, I am concerned about the proposal to discuss with
the Chinese a specific figure which the Hong Kong Government would aim to leave in the fiscal reserves in 1997, consulting with the
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