TNAG-1152-FCO40-1432-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-the-Commonwealth-1982 — Page 65

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'I am not going to prejudge in any way the talks we are going to enter into by suggesting certain solutions'.

'We are entering into talks now and entering into them in a friendly atmosphere wishing to reconcile the differences and with a common aim of stability and prosperity for Hong Kong. I don't think that one could have expected more to come out of my visit to Peking this time. We achieved the objective of talks with a common aim, so far so good'.

'We shall open up [talks] through diplomatic channels fairly quickly, but we must have time to consider the shape of the talks and the order in which things are to be considered, how we are going to keep consultation with the Hong Kong people and which teams are going to be working on it'.

'We entered into talks knowing the problems...and we made a statement hoping, both of us, to maintain confidence'.