CONFIDENTIAL
139
شار عبرة
Mr Samuel'
микой
EC. 121/92. Sammel
MDLX
- 6 DECHT?
NO VO
Call by Chinese Minister of Foreign Trade on the Secretary of State at 12 noon on 29 November 1977
28 November.
ipa
The Secretary of State has seen and noted your minute of
He would like a fuller note of explanation, setting out the arguments why the Chinese should not be represented in Hong Kong his initial disposition is in favour.
SON
29 November 1977
c.c.
PS/Lord Goronwy Roberts
Mr Cortazzi
Mr Stewart HKGD
(E.A.J. Fergusson)
139
Mr Ferguson
Yes. No fake action.
Expter M..
371
1. Mr Stewart (HKGD) has told me that this subject was discussed during Sir Murray MacLehose's last call on the Secretary of State. I understood that Dr Owen was satisfied with the explanation he was given of the way we maintain contact with the Chinese authorities in Hong Kong through informal channels (as a result of which practical cooperation on the ground is good) rather than by conceding the Chinese Government what would come to be seen as powers rivalling the authority of the Governor.
CONFIDENTIAL
Linhard Sammel
RC Samuel
Far Eastern Department
2 December 1977
CC:
PS/Lord Goronwy-Roberts
Mr Cortazzi
Mr Stewart, HKGD
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