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From the Secretary of State
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MICKOLD/38
1 1SEP 1984
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
6 September, 1984
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Thank you for your letter of 15 August.
I am
grateful to you for sending me a copy of the statement
which you sent to Wu Xueqian. I have had very much in
mind the points you made to me about your fears for the
future in your earlier letter.
I said on 1 August in Hong Kong that the people of Hong Kong could look forward with confidence to an agreement which inter alia would provide for the preservation of all the rights and freedoms which the people of Hong Kong enjoy today. These freedoms include
the freedom of religion. I also made it clear that the
agreement and its annexes would all be legally binding.
It was good of you to keep me in touch with your
views. I remain confident that the Catholic Church will
be well-placed to continue to play its present important
role in the community of Hong Kong after 1997.
GEOFFREY HOWE
Bishop John B Wu
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