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Sir Philip Haddon-Cave KBE CMG HONG KONG

Dear Philip,

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

FUTURE OF HONG KONG: POSSIBLE VISIT TO CHINA BY SIR EDWARD YOUDE

1. The Governor wrote to me most grateful for his views. telegram No 212 of 8 April. the correspondence.

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London SW1A 2AH

21 April 1982

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on 1 April about this. You will also have seen Peking Teddy Youde is fully abreast of

A vital factor in the timing of any visit by Teddy Youde to Peking will be how far we have got here with Ministers in deciding a negotiating position for the Prime Minister's visit in September. As you will realise, our preparations on this front have been affected and held up by the change in FCO Ministers, the Falkland Islands crisis, and Mr Heath's conversation with Deng. We think it sensible, therefore, that we defer any conclusion about the timing of a possible visit by Teddy to Peking until any Chinese invitation were received; at that point we could see where we were with Ministers here on deciding on a negotiating position and tactics.

cc: Sir Percy Cradock KCMG PEKING

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