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Sir Denis Greenhill
Hong Kong:
Long Term Study
Mr. Moreton's office kindly sent the Planning Staff a
copy of his brief for this afternoon's meeting of the Planning
Committee to discuss this subject.
I agree with Mr. Moreton's
suggestions (para. 4 of his minute) for the points which the
Secretary of State might raise in presenting the study to the
Ministerial Committee. Unfortunately, owing to a clerical
error, we failed to send Mr. Moreton one or two additional
points which might be included in the Secretary of State's
brief. I thought it would be convenient if I put them down
on paper before the meeting.
2. The long term paper and its conclusions naturally concen-
trate on British interests and obligations in Hong Kong.
There is no specific section of British interests vis-à-vis
China (trade, protection of British subjects, general political
and strategic interests) nor on the balance between our interests
in China and our interests in Hong Kong nor on possible develop-
ments in Great Power relationships in the fifteen to twenty
years with which the paper deals. In this period China will
emerge as a Super Power with a substantial intercontinental
missile capacity. One result of this over fifteen years or
more could well be significant changes and improvements in
Sino/U.S. relations, especially if the U.S. continues to
follow its increasingly pragmetic line in foreign affairs.
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