TNAG-1242-FCO40-1555-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 42

Mr Houston

Special Adviser

K 195A

CONFIDENTIAL

File

62

MKK040|1

RECEIVED IN NEGISTRY

12 OCT 1983

DESK ($ICER

INDEX

FROM: R D CLIFT, HKD

DATE: 11 October 1983

REGISTRY

eet PS

PA

Action Taken

17

114/10

if

PS/Mr Rifkind

PS/Mr Luce

Mr Donald

Miss Neville-Jones,

Planning Staff

Dr Wilson, SED

Mr Thomson, FED

Mr Lamont, FID Mr Caplin, NENAD

(To be sent to Blackpool

if necessary)

(620)

1.

"

SECRETARY OF STATE'S PARTY CONFERENCE SPEECH

I attached to my minute of 7 October a short passage on Hong Kong. Mr Luce suggests that the second sentence of para 3 may in some respects be a hostage to fortune and that it be replaced by a more general amplification of HMG's intentions.

2. The following is my suggested new second sentenceof para 3:

'We intend to pursue detailed discussions with the Chinese Government, looking at the Hong Kong question from every angle. We aim to reach a settlement which will permit the continuation of Hong Kong's stable and prosperous society. '

Blin

RD Clift

11 October 1983

Hong Kong Department

CONFIDENTIAL