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LETTER FROM MR ROBERT ADLEY MP HONG KONG

PROBLEM

1.

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To reply to a letter to Lord Belstead from Mr Robert

Adley MP of 18 January about the future of Hong Kong and

UK/China relations.

RECOMMENDATION

2. I recommend that Lord Belstead reply on the lines of

the attached draft. FED concur.

BACKGROUND

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3. Mr Adley wrote to Mr Pym on 13 December 1982 to let him

know that he had been re-elected Chairman of the British/

Chinese Parliamentary Group. He also expressed concern about

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the effect of the discussions about Hong Kong's future on

UK/China relations. Lord Belstead replied on 30 December 1982

to the effect that it would be wrong to place a higher premium

on good UK/China relations than on our moral responsibility

for the people of Hong Kong. It is to this point that

Mr Adley returns in his most recent letter.

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Mr Adley made the same point about the importance of

good UK/China relations in a supplementary question on the

discussions in Peking on the future of Hong Kong in the House

of Commons on 22 December 1982.

26 January 1983

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R D Clift

Hong Kong and General Department

CC FED