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HONG KONG NEXT STEPS IN NEGOTIATIONS
The Prime Minister has approved the establishment of
a Ministerial Sub-Committee on Hong Kong. This letter
considers the arrangements which are likely to be
necessary at official level, both to service the
Ministerial Sub-Committee and to ensure that our
negotiators in Peking are properly serviced if the talks
move into a more intensive phase.
briefed
While the FCO will obviously remain responsible for
the most of the reports to the Ministerial group on the
talks and on other developments, some contact will be
necessary at official level with the Departments
In addition more
represented at the Sub-Committee.
detailed talks in Peking will mean that we shall have to
consult other Departments, including most of those
represented on the Ministerial group and some others in
order to prepare effective briefing for our negotiators
on such topics as international trade (DTI), Defence and
Security (MOD), Air Services (Dept of Transport), etc.
As you know, when we prepared the Special Study on
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