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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO.51 27 AUG 1981,

FUTURE OF HONG KONG : OPTIONS AND PROBLEMS

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In his submission of 6 March, Mr Morrice referred to the

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paper on the medium- and long-term future of Hong Kong, to be

submitted in advance of the Secretary of State's visit to the

Far East.

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The paper is attached.

It takes account of views of the

Governor and Hong Kong and HM Ambassador, Peking, as well as

comments by Sir E Youde, Mr Donald and FED.

3.

This is a background paper which the Secretary of State

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may wish to see before going to Hong Kong and Peking. It is

designed for his general guidance rather than for any specific

action on the problems which it covers; the latter are dealt with

in the briefs for his discussion on Hong Kong with the Chinese

leadership, which I am submitting separately. The paper may

well require further revision following the visit. For this

reason it is described as a draft.

4. If the Secretary of State does not have time to read the

whole paper, I suggest he concentrates on the Summary and on

Annex A, which deals with the options for a long-term solution.

5. Annexes B, D and E are now being drafted and will be submitted

separately.

19 March 1981

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PS/Mr Blaker Sir E Youde Mr Donald

Mr McLaren, FED

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Willington J 10.4.

For amörderation of

amendimento ₤10/4

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