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TELEGRAM NUMBER 602 OF 4 JULY

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AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

VISIT BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

1. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE GOVERNOR WE HAVE ISSUED THE FOLLOWING

NEWS RELEASE:

AS PART OF THE CONTINUING PROCESS OF CONSULTATION ON THE FUTURE

OF HONG KONG, THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG ACCOMPANIED BY THE

UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ARE VISITING LONDON

FOR TALKS WITH MINISTERS ON 4 AND 5 JULY. THEY HAVE HAD MEETINGS

WITH THE PRIME MINISTER, THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND

COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, AND THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG

IN THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, MR RICHARD LUCE.

MINISTERS REAFFIRMED THEIR COMMITMENT TO HONG KONG AND THEIR

AIM OF SEEKING ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO PARLIAM-

ENT, TO CHINA AND TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. THEY EMPHASISED

THE IMPORTANCE WHICH THEY ATTACH TO THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE

COUNCIL WHICH WOULD CONTINUE TO BE SOUGHT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE

OF THE TALKS.

THE GOVERNOR AND THE UNOFFICIALS EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE

OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO MEET THE PRIME MINISTER AND, SO SOON AFTER

TAKING UP THEIR NEW RESPONSIBILITIES, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE AND MR

LUCE, AND TO CONVEY TO THEM THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. HOWE

FUTURE OF HONG KONG

LIMITED

HD/HKO

COPIES TO:

HD/FED

MR BURROWS

HD/PLANNING STAFF

MR MARTIN

HD/PUSD

PS

MR FLOWER

MR COLES

PS/LADY YOUNG

PS/MR LUCE

PS/PUS

SIR J BULLARD

MR GIFFARD

MR DONALD MR WRIGHT

SIR I SINCLAIR LEGAL ADVISER

LEGAL ADVISERS

ASSESSMENTS STAFF CABINET OFFICE

PUSD

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