TNAG-1157-FCO40-1437-Visits-by-FCO-Ministers-to-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 209

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PS/Lord Belstead

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Mr Giffard

Mr Donald

pies to:-

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LORD BELSTEAD'S VISIT

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MIPT.

2. Proposed speaking notes as follows:

a.

Very glad to be here. Pleased to be able to

familiarise myself with Hong Kong and meet leading

personalities.

b. Obvious that subject of future uppermost in everyone's

mind. Must stree importance of PM's achievement in

obtaining agreement for talks to begin with common aim of

maintaining prosperity and stability of Hong Kong.

to reach agreement well before 1997. HMG confident that

solution satisfactory to all can be reached.

/c.

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