TNAG-0518-FCO40-613-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1975 — Page 132

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WHY NOT GIVE UP HONG KONG?

8. We administer the Colony in the interests of the four million

inhabitants who have chosen to live there. It is apparent that

the Chinese Government do not wish to disturb the present situation.

LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS' PRESS CONFERENCE

19. My noble Friend pointed out that it would not be easy, in any

Dependent Territory, for a British Government to resist a genuine

popular movement for constitutional change. He alluded, however,

to the need to take full account of all the external and other

implications involved.

10.

The press reports are inaccurate.

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