TNAG-0332-FCO40-368-Visits-of-Secretary-of-State-for-Foreign-and-Commonwealth-Af-1972 — Page 155

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TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO BIS 14 OF 15 FEBRUARY

CONFERENCE ELEVEN STOP THIS IS AYE MATTER BETWEEN

PEOPLE OF HONGKONG AND GOVERNMENT OF HONGKONG STOP WE WANT TO

:

EXERCISE THE MINIMUM INTERFERENCE IN THIS MATTER STOP WE HAVE

OF COURSE AN OVERRIDING CONCERN BECAUSE HONGKONG ›

IS AYE COLONY STOP BUT NEVERTHELESS IT IS

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AYE MATTER TO BE SETTLED ON SPOT AND MUCH BETTER SO RATHER

THAN CONSTANTLY BEING REFERRED TO BRITISH GOVERNMENT STOP UNQUOTE

PARA AYE REPORTER ASKED QUOTE HOW DO YOU SEE THE FUTURE OF

HONGKONG IN THE LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT LEASE ON THE NEW

TERRITORIES IS TO EXPIRE IN

NEAR FUTURE QUESTION MARK UNQUOTE PARA

QUOT

SIR ALEC REPLIED COLON QUOTE WELL THAT IS AYE

QUESTION WHICH EYE THINK IS AYE MATTER OF PURE SPECULATION

STOP EYE DO NOT THINK THAT SPECULATION ON THIS HYPERTHETICAL QUESTION IS REALLY WORTHWHILE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IN MY SPEECH YESTERDAY EYE THINK EYEN

SAID THAT HONGKONG IS AYE DANGER TO NONE AND IS AN ASSET

IN ITSELF AND EYE SUGGEST PROCEED AS YOU ARE COMMA

SUGGES

GIVING AYE WERY CONVINCING EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD

OF AYE PROSPERING COMMUNITY COMMA THAT IS THE BEST INSURANCE

FOR YOUR FUTURE STOP AS TO WHAT HAPPENS IN TWENTYFIVE YEARS TIME

EYE THINK IS TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE STOP UNQUOTE PARA MORE INFORMS.

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