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SIR ROBIN DAY
PADDY ASHDOWN M.P.
would be to take a rash and nationalistic
attitude to the problem because that would upset the apple cart. It would touch on a very raw Chinese patriotic nerve and it would bring them in to
Hong Kong and that would be the end of
the prosperity and freedom of the people.
A final brief comment Paddy please.
This
The nationalistic attitude that George has talked about is the great trap that
is ahead of us, to make us into somehow another Falkland Islands in any sense whatsoever would be utterly wrong. is a matter which has got to be carefully negotiated between both governments, bearing in mind the very special circumstances of Hong Kong but I think Bernard has really hit something which is very important on the head, and that
is the problem of the free Hong Kong people has to be accommodated and I can
see frankly no way of accommodating that
except on some kind of an international basis and Bernard is right in saying "This is the time to start talking about
it while we have the time ahead of us to
be able to bring about some kind of a
solution"
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