ENT HOUSE HONG KONG.
FRI 11 DEC 92 69:58
香港總督府
Dear Sir
John.
CONFIDENTIAL
PG.02
CC: MR HUM
Me Davies, FIEL MR Ricketts, HKD
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
HONG KONG
10 December 1992
attacheld
China/MFN
Thank you for copying to me your letter of
20 November to christopher Meyer. I have shown it to the Governor.
We agree completely with the conclusions that you draw in your letter but we have an additional thought to add: that we should resist any attempts, well-intentioned or otherwise, to link Hong Kong to the renewal of MFN status. As you will be aware, this is a point that has been misunderstood and misrepresented by the American Ambassador in London. I have tried to correct this in my recent letter to Peter Ricketts and teleletter to Stephen Pattison in Washington. But it may already have permeated into the system. The Governor would like to ensure that there is absolutely no doubt about his position on this point.
Your
Ziher
(R.J.F. Hoare)
Private Secretary
Sir John Coles, KCMG
Foreign & Commonwealth Office London, SW1
cc: Sir Robin McLaren, KCMG
Peking
Mr Stephen Day, CMG
Senior British Trade Commissioner
Hong Kong