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4 November 1992
London SW1A 2AH
William Ehrman Esq Political Adviser HONG KONG
Dear Willian
HONG KONG: PAPER FOR OPD (K)
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As I mentioned on the telephone, I will need to put to the Secretary of State over the weekend a first draft of a paper for him to circulate pre-OPD (K).
I enclose a draft. This touches on some sensitive points. But I believe we need to give Ministers a realistic assessment of the implications for Hong Kong of the present Chinese approach, and a basis for discussing what to do about it.
May I leave it to you to copy this to Michael Sze, who I know is working on a paper in parallel. Grateful for any comments by 1000Z on 5 November. I would of course want to clear the next version with the Governor, probably in parallel with putting it to Ministers here.
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PF Ricketts
Peker.
cc: Sir R McLaren KCMG, Peking
Tony Galsworthy Esq CMG
UKRep JLG, Hong Kong
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