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TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1989

WILL

MAKE AN FIRST, ON THE QUESTION OF NATIONALITY WE INTEND TO

MAKE SOME EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT OF A SCHEME THAT

SECTORS PROVISION FOR PEOPLE IN BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

WITH BRITAIN, BUT ON THE BASIS NOT SIMPLY OF CONNECTIONS

THE ALSO OF THE VALUE OF THEIR SERVICE TO HONG KONG.

THE OF THIS

TO GIVE PEOPLE OBJECTIVE

SCHEME

BE CONFIDENCE TO REMAIN IN HONG KONG, NOT TO ENCOURAGE THEM LEAVE.

WILL

ALERTED

OUR

WHICH

TO

WEEK I MADRID

EUROPEAN LAST SECOND, IN

HONG KONG COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO THE PROBLEMS

RALLY FACES AND THE NEED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO

IN ROUND HONG KONG, SINCE MY ARRIVAL HERE I HAVE ALSO BEEN

WILL BE WITH DIRECT TOUCH

THE SIX OTHER COUNTRIES THAT

NEXT WEEK. WE REPRESENTED AT THE ECONOMIC SUMMIT IN PARIS

TO MOBILISE THE

ON COMMUNITY

HONG KONG'S

CONTINUE TO WORK

SHALL SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL BEHALF OVER THE MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD.

ENERGETICALLY

THIRD, URGENTLY.

ACTION

ON

A

BILL

OF

RIGHTS

IS

BEING

PURSUED

窜

FOURTH, THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL

TO THE APPROACH TO BE FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRITORY.

WHAT

FURTHER

CONTINUE

OF DEVELOPMENT IT IS ALREADY THAT

STEPS

SHOULD

BE

PLAIN THAT PLANS FOR 1991 WILL HAVE TO BE REVISED, AND WE SHALL NEED TO CONSIDER TAKEN BEFORE 1997.

FIFTH, THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW, OUR OBJECTIVE MUST

TO ENSURE FULL CONFORMITY

BE

AS WELL AS THE

LETTER OF THE JOINT DECLARATION SO THAT IT MATCHES UP TO THE

FACE THE FUTURE. I ARTICLE 18 WHICH I KNOW

WITH THE SPIRIT

NEEDS OF THE HONG KONG PEOPLE AS THEY

HAVE ALREADY DRAWN ATTENTION TO CAUSES YOU SUCH ANXIETY.

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SIXTH, IT IS VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT THE LEADERSHIP IN

TO ACTION ΤΟ NEED

TAKE EARLY AND CONFIDENCE IN CHINA'S INTENTIONS TOWARDS HONG KONG. BE PRESSING THIS STRONGLY UPON THEM.

PEKING RESTORE

I SHALL

BOAT PEOPLE, LET ME MORNING. WE ARE CONTINUING OF VIETNAM OVER THE DO NOT QUALIFY AS BEFORE

FINALLY, ON THE MATTER OF VIETNAMESE SIMPLY REPEAT MY MESSAGE OF THIS TO MAKE PROGRESS WITH THE GOVERNMENT EARLY REPATRIATION OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO REFUGEES. I HOPE THAT GOOD PROGRESS WILL BE APPARENT LONG.

/SIMON MACKLIN