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FROM: R.C. MASEFIELD, HOME AFFAIRS BRANCH, HONG KONG
DATED: 19 JANUARY 1983
FOLLOWING FOR: W. MORRIS, ESQ., HKGD, FCO
COPY:
R.N, PEIRCE, ESQ., PEKING✓
N.J. COX, ESQ., FED, FCO
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
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PRESS CONFERENCE BY MR IAN WRIGGLESWORTH MP.
19 JAN 1983
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IN OUR 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
MAY LIKE TO HAVE SOME FURTHER DETAILS.
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
ISHED 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
SETTLEMENT - THE MORE HEAT THAT WAS GENERATED COULD BE COUNTER-
PRODUCTIVE:
(C) HK SDP MEMBERS 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:
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