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VERBARIN SERVICE 75035/84 127DAY 26 APRIL 84
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HONG KONG KROMLATIONS
TRANSCRIPT OF THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER,
HONG KONG, APRIL 20, 1984
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RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG STEVE JOHNSON
CAN THE FOREIGN SECRETARY GIVE ANY KIND OF GUARANTEE THAT WHATEVER IS EVENTUALLY WORKED OUT, AT PEKING, —HIZE ACTUALLY STICK, TIMIT-IT HILL-MIT-DE-
RE-NEGOTIATED, AMENDED OR OVERTURNED, IF THERE IS A CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT, EITHER IN PEKING OR IN WESTMINSTER?
THE OBJECT OF THE NEGOTIATIONS AS I HAVE SAID, IS TO SECURE AGREEMENT OF A FRAMEWORK OF ARRANGEMENTS THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR WHAT WE WANT, THE MAINTENANCE OF HONG KONG AS FLOURISHING AND DYNAMIC SOCIETY, AND FOR THOSE ARRANGEMENTS TO BE INCORPORATED IN AN AGREEMENT THAT IS FORMALLY RECORDED, AN INTERNATIONAL PGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS OF CHINA AND THE UNITEL KINGDOM, WHICH WOULD THEREAFTER BE BINDING MUTUALLY UPON BOTH SIDES.
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PHILIP BOWRING
PAR EAST (CONOMIC REVIEW DURING YOUR DISCUSSINGS IN PEKING, DID CHINA GIVE ANY INDICATION AT ALL THAT 17 15 WILLING TO AGREE TO FORMAL DETAILED RECORDING OF THE ITEMS YOU PRINTIONED IN PARAGRAPH 8, OF YOUR TEXT HERE, OR TO AGREE TO ANY COMMITMENT TO LINK THESE, OR THE ACH LEVEMENT OF THESE, TO THE CONTINUATION OF THESE TO HONG KONG'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS?
I AM MOT READY TO DISCLOSE THE CONTENT OF OUR DISCUSSIONS IN THE COURSE OF NEGOTIATIONS IN PEKING, BUT I HAVE, IN MY STATEMENT, SET OUT THE OBJECTIVES WHICH WE BELIEVE COULD, AND WE WANT TO. ACHIEVE UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN MIND, AND THOSE DI, OF COURSE, INCLUDE CONTINUED PARTICIPATION OF HONG KONG IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE KIND YOU HAVE IN MIND.
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DIANA LIN, ATV
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