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KAM Saunders
Hong Kong Department
DATE:
4 May 1993
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OS MAY 1993?
PS/Mr Lennox Boyd
Mr Hum
Mr Thomson, PRU
Mr Ricketts
DESK OFFICER
PS/Mr Good ladINDEX
Private Secretary
REGISTRY Action Taken
CALL ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE BY SIR MICHAEL MARSHALL MP,
4 MAY (18.30)
Hong Kong/China: Points to Make
1. Mr Hum considers that the points to make as submitted do
not flag up clearly enough the serious disadvantages of
Members of Parliament engaging in discussion about Hong Kong with members of the Chinese National People's Congress.
British parliamentarians would simply be subject to lobbying on lines dictated by the Chinese Government, with no possibility of having any effect on Chinese Government policy
or public opinion.
2.
I therefore submit alternative points to make as follows:
- Saw your suggestion of a joint working
party of Parliamentarians. See considerable disadvantage in the idea. Chinese Government would simply use this as an opportunity to lobby British MPs.
Would not want to complicate process of official talks now underway.
KAM Saunders
marshall.PR.JEB/JRB