TNAG-1172-FCO40-1453-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 124

TELELETTER TO PEKING

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FROM R D CLIFT, HKGD, FCO

REFERENCE HKK 040/1 DATED 8 JUNE 1982

FOLLOWING FOR PERSONAL FOR SIR PERCY CRADOCK KCMG, PEKING

PERSONAL FOR SIR E YOUDE KCMG, MBE, HONG KONG

FUTURE OF HONG KONG

1. A DETAILED BRIEFING SESSION WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE

TOOK PLACE ON 2 JUNE. LORD BELSTEAD, THE LEGAL ADVISER,

SIDNEY GIFFARD, THE HEADS OF FED AND HKGD WERE AMONG THOSE

PRESENT.

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THE MAIN AIMS WERE:

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TO SET THE PROBLEM AGAINST ITS HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:

TO DEFINE MORE CLEARLY THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF

THE PROBLEM, FROM BOTH OUR AND CHINA'S STANDPOINT:

TO TRY TO BUILD ON THE 11 MAY MEETING.

3. I BELIEVE THESE AIMS WERE MET. THE SECRETARY OF STATE,

PREOCCUPIED THOUGH HE INEVITABLY IS WITH THE FALKLANDS, NOW

HAS A FIRM GRASP OF THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE PROBLEM.

DENG'S REMARKS TO MR HEATH, THE NEED FOR ECONOMIC CONFIDENCE,

HONG KONG'S SEPARATE CURRENCY, CHINA'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS TAIWAN,

BRITISH ADMINISTRATION AND SOVEREIGNTY WERE ALL COVERED.

4.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE RECOGNISED THAT WITH THE PRIME

MINISTER'S VISIT NOT FAR OFF, AGENDA PLANNING WILL BE

NEEDED BEFORE TOO LONG. HE WONDERED WHETHER WE SHOULD

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