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Hong Kong Department
9 July 1991
Mr Davies, FED
Mr Wye, RAD
Ms Roe, ECD (E)
Ms Grant, WED
Mr Pearey, SED
Ms Major
Mr Morris
Ms Saunders
Mr Stone
Mr Paul
Mr Burns
EC SUPPORT ON HONG KONG
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1. Mr Burns asked recently whether we had ever thought to mobilise the Community on Hong Kong's behalf in relations
with China.
2. Mr Davies (FED) noted that Italian Foreign Minister De Michelis had ambitions to put some meat into the Twelve's relations with China and professed to believe that this could help over Hong Kong and Macao, but commented that he
was sceptical.
3. Ms Major has pointed out that the Twelve reacted strongly to Tiananmen and agreed various measures against China, but that in general we prefer to cultivate countries bilaterally and encourage them to be helpful, rather than going for headline-grabbing statements (which fuel Chinese paranoia about "internationalization").
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