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CONFIDENTIAL
FROM:
A R Paul
Hong Kong Department
021
DATE:
19 July 1991
CC:
Sir J Coles
HKD4
RECEIVED INEQEL
3 0 JUL 1991
IX OFFICES
Mr Burns
PA
HONG KONG: INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
Mr Davies, FED
Mr Wye, RAD
Ms Roe, ECD (E)
Ms Grant, WED
Mr Pearey, SED
1. Please refer to your minute of 8 July about
international support for Hong Kong, which we subsequently
discussed with Lord Caithness. I also attach a minute from
Mr Cox about potential EC support for Hong Kong.
2. I think it is right to identify an inner-core of "Hong Kong supporters", consisting of the US, Canada, Australia
(and New Zealand?) Japan and Singapore. Their interest in Hong Kong's future, and their willingness to act in defence of their interests, are significantly greater than any other
country and certainly greater than any of our EC partners.
3. We agreed that during your forthcoming visit to Hong Kong, you would try to meet the representatives of these countries in Hong Kong. The American, Canadian and Japanese representatives would in my view be of particularly good
value. We need to set up a dialogue with these countries,
not only in Capitals and in London but also in Hong Kong.
You suggest that the BTC could take on this role, and I am sure that Mr Heap would be willing to do so. I could no
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