E. AGREEING TO THE CHINESE SOLUTION. (PARA 13(E)) BECAUSE OF THE
CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE IT WOULD CAUSE IN HONG KONG.
4. THESE POINTS WOULD LEAD TO THE CONCLUSION THAT SOME OTHER
SOLUTION WILL HAVE TO BE NEGOTIATED TO RECONCILE THE INTERESTS
OF BOTH SIDES.
3. AFTER REVIEWING THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF EACH SIDE'S
POSITION (PARA 12 SHORTENED TO REFER BACK TO 3(C) ABOVE, AND PARAS 13 AND 14, OMIT PARA 15, CONTINUE AS IN 16 AND 17) AND THE TIME FACTORS (PARAS 18 AND THE FIRST PART OF
PARA 19 DOWN TO ''WELL BEING OF ITS PEOPLE'') THEPE SHOULD
3E A SEPARATE SECTION HEADED OTHER SOLUTIONS' AND
RETAINING (C) AND (D). OPTIONS (A), (B) AND (E) WILL ALREADY
HAVE BEEN RULED OUT (SEE PARA 3 ABOVE). THIS WOULD SEEM TO
BRING THIS SECTION MORE CLOSELY INTO LINE WITH ANNEXES.
6. I HAVE NO COMMENT ON THE ORDER OF PARAS 20 TO 32. BUT THE
PAPER AT PRESENT LACKO A CONCLUSION WHICH SHOULD BE INSERTED BEFORE
PARAS 33 TO 39. THIS MIGHT READ:
QUOTE
CONCLUSIONS.
A. THE CLASSIC AND WELL TRIED SOLUTIONS TO RESOLVING COLONIAL
PROBLEMS ARE NEITHER POSSIBLE NOR PRACTICABLE. THE SAME
APPLIES TO A NUMBER OF OTHER SOLUTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN
PUT FORWARD. (PARA 3 ABOVE).
B. NEVERTHELESS A SOLUTION MUST BE FOUND IF THE COMMON OBJECTIVES
OF THE THREE INTERESTED PARTIES (SEE PARA 1 ABOVE) ARE TO BE
ACHIEVED, NAMELY THE MAINTENANCE OF PROSPERITY AND STABILITY
IN HONG KONG, AND THE AVOIDANCE OF THE SEVERE DIFFICULTIES
WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE FACE HMC WHICH WOULD BE MATCHED BY
A DANGEROUS SENSE OF FRUSTRATION ON THE PART OF THE CHINESE.
C. SO FAR THE ONLY SOLUTION TO EMERGE WHICH OFFERS ANY PROSPECT
OF RECONCILING THE POSITION OF THE TWO GOVERNMENTS AND
WHICH WOULD AT THE SAME TIME DE TOLERABLE TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE
IS THAT OF A MANAGEMENT CONTRACT. THIS WOULD BE PRACTICABLE.
UNQUOTE
7. FOR COMMENTS OF DETAIL SEE IFT.
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