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TELELETTER

FROM R D CLIFT, HKGD

Entèr

FILE REFERENCE HKK 040/1 DATED 18 MARCH 1981

FOLLOWING FOR SIR P CRADOCK PEKING

NKKC CHoli

REMYSA IN EGISTRY MO. 51 2 3 MAR 1981

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محل

SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO CHINA: BRIEF ON FUTURE OF HONG KONG

1. YOU MAY FIND IT HELPFUL TO KNOW IN ADVANCE THE LINES ON

WHICH WE WILL BE BRIEFING THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON THIS SUBJECT. THE POINTS TO MAKE, BOTH OF MAIN BRIEF AND OF SUPPLEMENTARY ONE FOR USE BY OFFICIALS IF APPROPRIATE, ARE IN PARAGRAPH 4 BELOW. 2. THESE INCLUDE SOME AMENDMENTS SUGGESTED BY MURRAY MACLEHOSE

DURING HIS VISIT TO LONDON LAST WEEK AND THE POINT COVERED IN

HIS TELEGRAM NO 299 TO FCO. (bb)

3.

THERE WILL OF COURSE BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO DISCUSS

THE BRIEFS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE BEFORE HE

MEETS CHINESE LEADERS.

4. A) MAIN BRIEF.

QUOTE:

FOR HUANG HUA:

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WHEN WE MET IN LONDON IN OCTOBER I MENTIONED PROBLEM OF

PRESERVING CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG. PRESENT SYSTEM WHEREBY

INDIVIDUAL LAND LEASES IN NEW TERRITORIES EXPIRE IN 1997 AN

IMPORTANT FACTOR. HOPE WE CAN FIND SOLUTION WHICH WOULD MAINTAIN

CONFIDENCE WITHOUT PREJUDICING CHINESE POSITION.

RAISE WITH VICE CHAIRMAN DENG.

FOR DENG XIAOPING:

PREVIOUS CONTACTS

2. PROBLEM DISCUSSED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BETWEEN MINISTERS,

MOST RECENTLY DURING CHAIRMAN HUA GUOFENG'S AND FOREIGN

MINISTER HUANG HUA'S VISIT TO LONDON. ALSO USEFUL CONTACT WITH HONG KONG OFFICIALS. HAVE NOTED IN PARTICULAR VICE CHAIRMAN DENG'S STATEMENT TO THE GOVERNOR AND ALSO VICE PREMIER GU MU'S

REMARKS TO SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE. NOTE THAT HE SAID IT WAS TIME TO BEGIN THINKING ABOUT THE LONGER TERM. WE AGREE. MEANWHILE

COMMON INTEREST IN CONFIDENCE AND STABILITY.

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