CONFIDENTIAL
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J S Wall Esq CMG LVO
10 Downing Street
سه
ميا
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA AND HONG KONG:
HONG KONG REACTIONS
In your letter of 27 August you said that the Prime Minister would like to know what we were doing to ensure
good public reactions in Hong Kong to his visit to Peking
RG'S and the airport MOU. In reply of 28 August said
that we were waiting to hear details from Hong Kong. I
now enclose a copy of Hong Kong telno 2701, which summarizes arrangements.
I should add that we have been working at Hong Kong perceptions of the visit ever since the MoU was initialled on 30 June. The Governor quickly began explaining to reliable public figures that the Prime Minister was taking a considerable domestic political risk because he believed it to be the right thing to do in order to promote Hong Kong's interests.
Lord Caithness reinforced the key messages publicly and in private discussions during his visit to Hong Kong 22-28 July.
All our briefing, draft speeches etc have been
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