TNAG-1171-FCO40-1452-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 70

SECRET

DSR 11C

UK/CHINA JOINT COMMUNIQUE

(I)

Representatives of the Government of the UK and the

Government of the PRC have met and discussed their bilateral

relationship and the question of Hong Kong.

(II)

The 2 Parties agree:

1 The Treaty of Nanking (1842), the 1st Convention

of Peking (1860) and the 2nd Convention of Peking (1898)

were all Unequal Treaties and do not provide a

satisfactory basis for cooperation between equal

sovereign states.

2. When in the view of the Parties the conditions

are ripe, they will enter into negotiations to conclude

a new Treaty regulating their future relations on a

basis of equality and friendship.

(III) HMG declares:

is it ? if

What effect investor

confidence? On the aid ofer, her

How?

1

1

Hong Kong is a problem left over from history.

2)

The destiny of the territory of Hong Kong must

be considered as a whole.

3. It is the desire of HMG and of the 'people of

Hong Kong that when conditions are ripe the territory

should be reunited with the Chinese mainland as an

integral part of the PRC.

4.

It is not yet clear whether this reunification

will be achieved in 1997 or earlier or later.

5.

Pending reunification HMG will continue to

protect the stability and prosperity of the territory.

/(IV)