Mr Hum
PS/Mr Goodlad
Private Secretary
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12 FEB 1993
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FROM:
PF Ricketts
HONG KONG DEPARTMENT
DATE: 11 February 1993
CC:
PS/PUS
Sir J Coles
Mr Davies, FED
HONG KONG:
CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROBLEM
Advice to the Prime Minister, and initial thoughts for Hong Kong, on the way forward in the light of the message from
the Chinese Foreign Minister.
1.
RECOMMENDATION
2. (a) That we should up-date the Prime Minister and set out
some initial conclusions. I submit a draft PS letter to
No 10.
(b) That we should draw on this submission to send Hong Kong a telegram as an input to their thinking in advance of discussions with ExCo on 16 February.
A
BACKGROUND AND ARGUMENT
3. I attach a copy of Qian's message, together with a report of the additional comments made by Vice Foreign Minister Jiang Enzhu in handing it over; and of initial comments from
Peking and Hong Kong.
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