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The next step will be to form a clear view of our

I doubt if the

Chinese will be prepared for full scale negotiations then

but you will not be able to avoid raising the subject.

There is a reasonable chance that you would be able to

get agreement at least on continuing discussions.

would therefore be helpful now to clarify our ideas on

our own bargaining position, including the question of

sovereignty. You may find it useful to see the enclosed

own aims before your. visit in September.

It

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paper which discusses a number of possible options.

of these are definitive but the paper gives some idea

of the limits within which we might work. I suggest

that you might now find it useful if Humphrey Atkins and

You might

I were to go over some of the ground with you.

then like to consider discussing the question with other

colleagues (not necessarily in full Cabinet) in order

to work out a line for your visit. If you think it

useful we could in addition arrange a meeting with the

present Governor of Hong Kong and the Ambassador in

Peking, as well as Sir Edward Youde.

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