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responsibility for the conduct of external relations
in respect of Hong Kong. This would be legally possible.
HMG would nevertheless be acting as a 'caretaker' under
a 'management contract' and its authority would have to
be exercised in this spirit. This would only be
practically possible if its scope, and any necessary
legal implementation, was reasonably well understood and
accepted by the PRC.
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