TNAG-1239-FCO40-1552-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 143

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ong Kong. It would be a dereliction of British responsibility

and would be rejected by the British Government and Parliament and

by the people of Hong Kong.

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But

of all and perhaps most important

if our two

governments could agree defined arrangements about the future

administration and control of Hong Kong, and I was satisfied

that they would work, that they would command confidence,

and that they were acceptable to the people of Hong Kong, and

if I could justify them to the British Parliament, there would

then be a new situation in which I could consider the question of sovereignty.

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