TNAG-1155-FCO40-1435-Visits-by-Members-of-Parliament-(MPs)-to-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 247

HOFO 027/12

TELELETTER TO FCO

GR 200

CONFIDENTIAL

TELELETTER

Pl.

сору

to

Mr Butler,

dre 20/10 pl.

123

Pcon for actin as agree?

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MKK 026/2 20/10

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FROM: R.J.T. MCLAREN, POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG

DATED 12 OCTOBER 1982

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FOLLOWING FOR: H. MCQUADE ESQ, HKGD, FCO

Misy

Males

1. Please see preven

papers on the file. pass the message

2

to or previous intact Then drift Felelethi for hy Mngrede to

w. send in Mpy.

Pe20110

SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEFENCE: VISIT TO HONG KONG.

See 137

112

THE GOVERNOR HAS ASKED ME TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TELELETTER HKK026/2 OF 23 SEPTEMBER.

१८

2. THE ONLY PASSAGE WHICH CONCERNS US IN THE DRAFT SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS ENCLOSED WITH YOUR LETTER OF 11 AUGUST IS THE REFERENCE TO THE FUTURE IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF THE FIRST PAGE (THE BRIEFING BY CBF). THIS READS RATHER ODDLY AS IT STANDS. IF THE CLERK. IS RECEPTIVE TO SUGGESTIONS YOU MIGHT PROPOSE THE FOLLIWING REDRAFT OF THE LAST TWO SENTENCES ON THAT PAGE:

ATTION

Yes, he is.

ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG AFTER THE EXPIRY OF THE NEW TERRITORIES LEASE IN 1997, CBF WAS OPTIMISTIC. BOTH BRITAIN AND THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA HAD A VESTED INTEREST IN THE STATUS QUO BEING MAINTAINED - BRITAIN BECAUSE OF ITS OBLIGATIONS TOWARDS THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, AND ITS COMMERCIAL INTERESTS (INCLUDING AIR TRAFFIC RIGHTS): AND CHINA BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF HONG KONG (35-40 PERCENT OF CHINA'S FOREIGN EXCHANGE IS DERIVED FROM THE TERRITORY, WHICH IS ALSO A HIGHLY CONVENIENT SOURCE OF CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL, COMMERCIAL AND MANAGERIAL EXPERTISE)''

SIGNED R.J.T. MCLAREN

NNNN

HUGD

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The Clerk has been sent a cary + 4~3. He will be revizin

his summer beende

INCarecard shortly before on the visch.