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FROM: R.C. MASEFIELD, HOME AFFAIRS BRANCH, HONG KONG
DATED: 19 JANUARY 1983
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R.N, PEIRCE, ESQ., PEKING
N.J. COX, ESQ., FED2 5F JAN 1983 HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
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PRESS CONFERENCE BY MR IAN WRIGGLESWORTIL NP...
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IN CUR TELNO 78, WE REFERRED TO REMARKS MADE BY MR WRIGGLESWORTH WHO IS THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE ANGLO-HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY GROUP AND SDP MEMBER FOR THORNABY, TEESSIDE, AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE ON SATURDAY, 15 JANUARY. HE ALSO GAVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS TO THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA AFTERWARDS. YOU
NAY LIKE TO HAVE SOME FURTHER DETAILS.
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2. THE MAIN POINTS HE MADE ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE AND THE DIPLOMATIC
TALKS WERE:
(A) THE CLEAR IMPRESSION HE HAD OBTAINED FROM DISCUSSIONS DURING HIS PRIVATE VISIT TO HONG KONG WAS THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY WISHED TO SEE EITHER THE PRESERVATION OF THE STATUS QUO OR A SOLUTION AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THAT:
(B) IT WAS IN PEOPLE'S INTERESTS NOT TO PRESS FOR AN EARLY CETTLEMENT - THE MORE HEAT THAT WAS GENERATED COULD BE COUNTER-
PRODUCTIVE:
(C) HK SDP MEMDERS AND OTHERS FELT THAT IT WOULD BE RIGHT AND DESIRABLE FOR THE GOVERNMENT IN SOME WAY TO BE ABLE TO CONSULT PUBLIC OPINION IN HONG KONG: HE ENCOURAGED THOSE GROUPS GOING TO PEKING TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ALSO TO THE HONG KONG AND
BRITISH GOVERNMENTS:
(D) IT WAS PROBABLY RIGHT AT AN APPROPRIATE STAGE IN THE TALKS TO INVOLVE MINISTERS: THIS COULD ONLY BE WHEN A GREAT DEAL OF GROUNDWORK HAD BEEN DONE, BUT IT WOULD HELP THEM IN CARRYING
THE HOUSE:
(E) THE IMPORTANT THING WAS THAT THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE MUST DE PROTECTED, AND THE NEGOTIATIONS MUST BRING ABOUT CONTINUING FREEDOM AND MAINTENANCE OF THEIR PRESENT WAY OF LIFE. IN HIS VIEW THIS COULD ONLY BE GUARANTEED BY CONTINUATION OF
BRITISH ADMINISTRATION:
(F) HE WOULD HOPE THAT THERE COULD BE AN INTERIM STATEMENT TO PARLIAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR:
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