TNAG-1040-FCO40-1290-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 9

Mr Donald

CONFIDENTIAL

Secretary of

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51

27 NOV 1981

(247)

I have

Prate Secretary

DESK OFFICER

REGISTRY

FUTURE OF HONG KONG

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Problem

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1. To reply to a letter from the Secretary of the Hong Kong

Reform Club to Lord Carrington.

Recommendation

2.

236

I recommend that the Private Secretary reply on the lines

of the attached draft.

Background and Argument

3.

See/249

The Reform Club enclosed a statement on the future of

Hong Kong with their letter of 11 November. Mr David Alton MP

has also written to the Prime Minister forwarding a copy of the

statement (my submission of 24 November refers)..

(246)

4. The Reform Club is one of two political groups in the

Territory which mainly operate by sponsoring candidates for the

Urban Council elections. It has no particular party line on

the Western pattern.

5. The paper covers a wide range. Its conclusions are similar

to a number of recently canvassed proposals. In the reply, which

is likely to be published by the Club, we should stick to a

simple acknowledgement.

Any comment on the substance of the

question is likely to be taken in Hong Kong as a hint of HMG's

planning for the future.

24 November 1981

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R D Clift

Hong Kong and General Department

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