From the Secretary of State
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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10 October 1983
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Hong Kong
Thank you for your thoughtful and perceptive letter
597 of 27 September following your recent visit to Hong Kong.
I am glad the Law Conference was a success.
I was particularly interested to have your views on
the territory's future and on the state of confidence there.
I agree with you that political considerations are almost
certainly dominant in Chinese thinking. Realisation of that is probably a major cause of people's anxiety in Hong Kong.
As you will know, the next round of talks will be
on 19/20 October. Between now and then we have to consider
very carefully indeed the line that the Ambassador is to
take.
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As part of this process, I have had useful meetings this week with the Governor, the Ambassador and the Unofficial
members of the Executive Council. Their talks with me and
with the Prime Minister have been of the utmost importance in getting our line right.
/I am
The Right Hon the Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone
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