TNAG-1248-FCO40-1562-Press-reports-on-the-future-of-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 10

PRONORLAT PROFOREIGN EXPARKS PEKING HONGKONG TWO PICKUP ITS

PROSPERITY UNQUOTE PARA

THE PRITISH DELEGATION DID HOT RPT NOT CHALLENGE THE CHINESE

STATEMENT, AS IT MIGHT HAVE A YEAR AGO, AND IT THUS BECAME

THE PUPLIC RASIS FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS.

PARA

RUT BOTH SIDES APPEARED DETERMINED TO KEEP THE SUBSTANCE OF

THE NEGOTIATIONS SECRET TO AVOID PANICKING HONG KONG'S

INCREASINGLY APPREHENSIVE POPULATION OF 5.5 RPT FIVE POINT FIVE

MMMILLION AND DESTROYING THE CONFIDENCE ON WHICH THE COLONY HAS

THRIVED.

PARA

A JOINT STATEMENT REASSURING

EVERYONE OF PROGRESS IS

EXPECTED TODAY AT THE END OF THE INITIAL ROUND OF TALKS, AND

THEN THE NEGOTIATORS ARE TO REGIN THE HARD WORK OF SEARCHING

FOR ISSUS PY ISSUE COMPROMISES.

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