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FM OTTAWA 111300Z JAN 84
TELEGRAM NUMBER 21 OF 11 JANUARY 84
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COPIED FOR INFO: PRIORITY HONG KONG
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• JAN 1984
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PEKING (PERSONAL FOR CHARGE D'AFFAIRS)
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YOUR TELNO 13 (NOT TO PEKING): FUTURE OF HONG KONG
1. HEAD OF CHANCERY BRIEFED HADWIN, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF EAST AS LA SUREAU, TODAY ALONG LINES OF TUR.
2. OFFICIALS ARE BRIEFING MR TRUDEAU ABOUT HONG KONG ON A CON- TINGENCY BASIS AND NOT AS A SPECIFIC ITEM RECOMMENDED FOR DISCUSSION WITH PREMIER ZHAO.
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BRIEFING WILL CONTAIN ELEMENTS SIMILAR TO THOSE IN PARA 6 OF TUR AND WILL EMPHASISE CANADIAN INTERESTS IN HONG KONG IN THE FORM OF INVESTMENTS, TRADE AND THE PRESENCE OF CANADIAN NATIONALS. HADWIN WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN OUR REFERENCE TO THE NEED FOR CONTINUITY AND WILL EMPHASISE THIS POINT IN THE BRIEFS.
4. HADWIN ASKED WHETHER TRUDEAU COULD EXPECT A FURTHER LETTER FROM THE PRIME MINISTER IN VIEW OF THE OFFER IN HIS LETTER PASSED BY THE CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER TO NO 10 ON 21 OCTOBER 1983 TO ADDRESS THE MATTER DURING THE ZHAO VISIT AND MRS THATCHER'S REPLY OF 1 NOVEMBER.
5. CONNOR REPLIED THAT WE HAD NOT BEEN LED TO EXPECT THAT ANY FURTHER LETTER WOULD BE SENT BUT THAT THE BRIEFINGS, INCLUDING TODAYS, WHICH WE HAD BEEN GIVING THE CANADIANS ON THE HONG KONG DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWING MRS THATCHER'S TALKS WITH MR TRUDEAU IN SEPTEMBER HAD STEMMED FROM HER WISH TO KEEP MR TRUDEAU INFORMED OF PROGRESS IN THE TALKS IN THE RUN UP TO ZHAO'S VISIT.
IF THE CANADIANS WERE ABLE TO COVER THE POINTS IN PARA 6 OF YOUR
TUR IN ANY DISCUSSION OF HONG KONG THAT TOOK PLACE WE WOULD FIND THIS HELPFUL.
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