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FUTURE OF HONG KONG : EXCHANGES WITH THE JAPANESE
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As you know we have been very restrictive in our
briefing of our allies on the future of Hong Kong. The
Prime Minister has authorised us only to keep the United
States fully in the picture and to keep the Canadians,
Australians and New Zealanders more generally informed
John Holmes' letter of 9 September and your reply of 13
September refer).
Sir Geoffrey Howe has been considering whether any
other governments should now be added to this list. He
believe that while it is too soon to take other allies
into our confidence, an exception might now be made for
the Japanese.
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Among our "Western" partners it is without doubt the
Japanese he have the closest relations and most frequent
contacts with China. A shared cultural background gives
the Japanese an insight into Chinese thinking which we
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