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SECRET AND PERSONAL

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SIR P CRADOCK, PEKING

22 MAY 1982

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COPIED TO

FUTURE OF HONG KONG

(PERSONAL) GOVERNOR, HONG KONG

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1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TWO TELELETTERS OF 17 MAY.

THANK

Vic BobA Воба

2. 1 VERY MUCH HOPE THAT THE MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER

CAN BE ARRANGED AT A TIME WHICH WILL ENABLE ME TO BE PRESENT. THE DEPARTMENT HAS MY LEAVE PROGRAMME.

3. FOR THE REST, MY VIEWS ARE ON RECORD AND I MUST RELY ON YOU TO DRAW THEM TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

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4. I AM ALSO RATHER UNHAPPY AT THE SUGGESTION IN PARAGRAPH 6 OF THE SECOND TELELETTER THAT HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN MIGHT BE ADVISED TO SUGGEST THAT IN THEIR VIEW SOVEREIGNTY WOULD BE NEGOTIABLE AND TO DO SO AT A TIME BEFORE THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE CABINET. IT WOULD SOON BECOME KNOWN TO THE CHINESE WHO HAD AUTHORISED SUCH STATEMENTS AND AS A RESULT THE VALUE OF OUR MAIN NEGOTIATING COUNTER WOULD BE DEGRADED. WE SHOULD ALSO BE EMBARKING ON NEGOTIATION BY PROXY, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE ROLE HITHERTO ENVISAGED FOR SUCH BUSINESSMENT 1.E. EDUCATION OF CHINESE IN THE COMMERCIAL REALITIES.

SIR P CRADOCK