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VISIT OF LORD BELSTEAD TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC :
21 OCTOBER TO 5 NOVEMBER 1982
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1. We have submitted via SPD a brief on the future of Hong Kong
which takes account of the Prime Minister's recent talks in China.
2.
In New Zealand and particularly in Australia Lord Belstead can expect to be questioned closely by Ministers about how the
talks went and the prospects for the future. The Australians
have already shown interest on a number of occasions in the past.
3.
However, given the complex nature of the question and our
wish to avoid in any way provoking the Chinese we should at this stage avoid taking the Australians or the New Zealanders too much
into our confidence. There may come a time when we ask some of
our Commonwealth friends to help but for the moment it would be
better to play safe.
8 October 1982
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R D Clift
Hong Kong and General Department
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