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FOLLOWING RECEIVED FROM HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE, LONDON.

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TELEGRAM NUMBER, HK 418 OF 4 MARCH 1983

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TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS (FOR MR MASEFIELD)

FROM COMMISSIONER, LONDON OFFICE

COPY TO MR DICK CLIFT (FCO, HKGD)

FUTURE OF HONG KONG

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ARTHUR WONG, HEAD OF OUR MANCHESTER SUB-OFFICE, ATTENDED A RECEPTION IN MANCHESTER ON EVENING OF 2 MARCH ORGANISED BY LEFTIST GROUPS (THE NORTH WEST CHINESE CHAMBER OF TRADE, NORTH WEST CHINESE ASSOCIATION) AND MANCHESTER CHINA TOWN NEIGHBOURHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR CHINESE AMBASSADOR KE HUA. SOME 200 PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE LORD MAYOR AND ABOUT 10 LOCAL AUTHORITY OFFICIALS, WERE PRESENT. MR KE SPOKEFOR APPROX THIRTY-FIVE MINUTES INCLUSIVE OF ENGLISH INTERPRETATION. HE DWELLED MAINLY ON GOOD SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS AND URGED DIFFERENT FACTIONS OF CHINESE IN MANCHESTER TO

FORGET DIFFERENCES AND UNITE.

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ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, HE SAID BRIEFLY THAT NEGOTIATIONS WERE IN PROGRESS AND HE HAD NOTHING TO REPORT AS PROCEEDINGS MUST BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL. HE STRESSED THAT SOVEREIGNTY WAS NOT NEGOTIABLE BUT BELIEVED THAT THE TWO GOVERNMENTS WOULD REACH SATISFACTORY AGREEMENT WHICH WOULD MAINTAIN STABILITY AND

PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG.

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