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Dear Dick,

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18 April 1984

You might be interested to have the

following extract from a cable dated 18 April 1984 from the Australian Embassy, Peking:

Foreign Minister Wu told the

Ambassador on 17 April that the general atmosphere of his talks with Howe had been very good.

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The Chinese were aware that the people in Hong Kong were very concerned about their future and the Chinese hoped that an agreement could be reached by September because they wanted to make it public at that time. Wu said Howe had explained the British problems related to the involvement of the British Parliament on the future of Hong Kong. had replied that the key question on Hong Kong between the two countries was the establishment of mutual trust and co-operation."

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THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR 40 YEARS UNDER FOI EXEMPTION No... 27(1)...

Yours sincerely дуру Ветей

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(J.A. Benson) Minister

Mr R.D. Clift, CMG

Head

Hong Kong Department

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Whitehall SW1

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