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LPS THIS MONTH. BUT GU MU HAS NOT PROPOSED ANY DATES.
6. THE SUBJECT OF A LOAN WAS TOUCHED ON BY GU MU DURING MR REES'
VISIT (THOUGH NOT IN RELATION TO HONG KONG). IT WAS NOT REPEAT
NOT RAISED WHEN THE LPS WAS IN PEKING. BUT WE ARE EXPLORING
WHETHER THERE IS ANY SCOPE TO PURSUE THE IDEA PARTICULARLY WITH
THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT IN MIND.
LINE TO TAKE
7. WE SUGGEST LORD CARRINGTON LISTENS TO WHAT PAO HAS TO SAY. IF
PAO PURSUES THE ABOVE IDEAS, OR PROPOSES NEW ONES, LORD CARRINGTON
SHOULD TAKE NOTE WITHOUT COMMITMENT AND WITHOUT CAUSING PAO TO
THINK HE IS PLAYING ANY SPECIAL ROLE. IF PAO ASKS ABOUT THE TALKS
THE LPS HAD IN CHINA LORD CARRINGTON SHOULD GO NO FURTHER THAN
THE LINE TAKEN BY THE LPS AT HIS HONG KONG PRESS CONFERENCE ON
10 JANUARY, IE, THAT THE CHINESE:
A) ARE ADDRESSING THEIR MINDS TO THE PROBLEM OF THE FUTURE OF
BONG KONG:
B) WILL BE STUDYING IT SOON, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT HONG KONG'S
VALUE AS A FREE PORT AND A CENTRE OF COMMERCE AND TRADE WHICH THEY
REGARD AS IMPORTANT:
C) REALISE SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE 1997:
D) DO NOT WANT PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG DAMAGED.
IF ASKED ABOUT THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT, LORD CARRINGTON COULD
SAY THAT WE WOULD EXPECT THE FUTURE TO BE RAISED.
CARRINGTON
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