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Problem

1.

To bring the Prime Minister up-to-date on the outcome

of the Lord Privy Seal's visit to Peking and on contingency

plans for the medium and long-term future of Hong Kong, in

preparation for the Prime Minister's own visit later in

the year.

Recommendation

2. I recommend that the Secretary of State should write

to the Prime Minister as in the attached draft attaching

the draft contingency paper.

Background and Argument

3.

This submission is a sequel to the earlier submission

of 3 December 1981 (copy attached).

Since then:

a) The Prime Minister has agreed in principle to visit

China, Japan and Hong Kong between 16 and 29

September 1982;

b) The Prime Minister has asked the Secretary of State

for his further thoughts in due course on the Hong

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