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RECOMMENDATIONS
We should recognise that Hong Kong's future must eventually
lie in China, and that our objective must be to attempt to
negotiate its return, at a favourable opportunity, on the
best terms obtainable for its people and for our material
interests there.
Withdrawal should not be contemplated while present
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conditions in China persist.
terms that would take care ofour responsibilities towards
the people or our material interests.
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or reach some understanding with them on our withdrawal
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with China, 20 soon as a more moderate regime emerges
there. It is important to do this when not under Chinese
pressure and before the economy of the Colony starts to
run down in the 1980s.
(4) Meanwhile we should show firmly that we intend to maintain
our position there, giving no indication that we contemplate
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withdrawal. We should examine interdepartmentally what
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policy towards the Colony should be reviewed, in
consultation with the Governor.
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