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MESSAGE TAKEN FROM LORD FANSHAWE OVER THE TELEPHONE ON

MONDAY 21 MAY 1984, 10.40AM

RE: UQ ON HONG KONG

HKK 040/31.

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

29 MAY 1984

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:

I am going to explain my interest in raising the

subject of Hong Kong. Firstly that I have been visiting

Hong Kong as a member of the House of Commons and had an

interest politically for about 22 years, since 1962, and

I have formed the Hong Kong Parliamentary Group in 1964

and was its first Chairman for six years. I was then

Minister in the Foreign Office responsible for Hong Kong

for four years, 1970-74 and negotiated the exchange of

Ambassadors to Peking, signing the agreement in 1972 and

was the first Western Foreign Office Minister to visit Peking

since before the Revolution in 1949.

Great: Lady Y's speed.

?

I am going to make the following points:

Hope that China will take account of the views expressed

in both Houses of Parliament.

Point out that the time scale of the negotiations is

very tight and the difficulty of meeting the intention

of consulting Parliament before the end of September as

Westminster will be in recess from the end of July to the

beginning of October.

Importance of getting the agreement right and set out in

great detail if it is to work in Hong Kong in order to create confidence and support for the new arrangements.

?

Then mention the importance of detailed arrangements as far

as security and finance is concerned.

Clear that both Parliament and the Government have a clear

determination to fulfill their moral obligations to Hong Kong. Tribute to the UMELCO delegation in achieving strengthened

representation structure in the Colony in the sense that it

could handle dangers by the establishment of political

parties.

Comment on the remarkable new idea of producing two different

systems working within one country, namely a free enterprise

system in Hong Kong and of course the Communist system in

/CY

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