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TELEGRAM NUMBER 633 OF 30 SEPT| 80

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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YOUR TELNO 849 TO HONG KONG: HUANG HUA

1. I AGREE THAT YOU SHOULD RAISE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND THE GUANGDONG NUCLEAR PROJECT WITH HUANG HUA (AS WELL

AS AIR SERVICES) IF SUBSTANTIVE TALKS ARE POSSIBLE. 1 AGREE THAT THE GOVERNOR MIGHT DISCUSS IMMIGRATION IF OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF. BUT I SHOULD SPEAK HERE ON BOTH SUBJECTS IN ANY CASE. ON IMMIGRATION, I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE AMENDED POINTS TO MAKE SUGGESTED IN

HONG KONG TELNO 1256.

2. 1 AGREE THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST NOT TO COVER THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND THE LEASES QUESTION IN A RUSHED VISIT BY HUANG HUA. WE SHALL, HOWEVER, NEED TO FIND AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY TO SOUND OUT CHINESE THINKING. IF

YOU ARE ABLE TO VISIT CHINA EARLY NEXT YEAR THIS WOULD

PERHAPS BE SOON ENOUGH, AND WE MAY HAVE A CLEARER IDEA THEN WHAT PLANS THE CHINESE HAVE TO ACQUIRE LONG LEASES

OF LAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. BUT WE CANNOT DELAY INDEFINITELY, AND HUANG HUA, AS FOREIGN MINISTER AND NOW VICE-PREMIER, WILL CERTAINLY NEED TO BE INVOLVED,

EVEN IF HIS COMMENTS IN THE PAST HAVE NOT BEEN PARTICULARLY

HELPFUL.

3. IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY TO REACH AGREEMENT IMMEDIATELY ON THE POINTS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR IN HIS TELNOS 1261, 1262 AND 1265. BUT MY INITIAL VIEWS FOLLOW.

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