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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1154 OF 11 SEPTEMBER

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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YOUR TELNO 2247: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: WHITE PAPER

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1. WE SHALL DO OUR BEST TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF YOUR FURTHER

AMENDMENTS.

2. ON PARA 6 OF TUR, WE HAD HOPED THAT IT WOULD BE CLEAR FROM

OUR TELNO 1094 THAT WE DID NOT ENVISAGE ALLOWING THE CHINESE A

SIGHT OF THE WHITE PAPER IN ADVANCE. THE SECRETARY OF STATE TOOK

A FIRM VIEW ON THIS POINT. IN PARTICULAR IF WE FOLLOWED THE

PROCEDURE YOU SUGGEST, WE THINK THAT ZHOU NAN WOULD BE ALMOST

BOUND TO ASK FOR AMENDMENTS, WHICH WOULD BY THEN BE PHYSICALLY

IMPOSSIBLE EVEN IF WE WERE PREPARED TO CONTEMPLATE THEM. WE

ACCEPT THAT WE SHALL NEED TO GIVE THE CHINESE A PRETTY CLEAR

INDICATION OF WHAT THE WHITE PAPER WILL SAY BY WAY OF ELUCIDATION

OF THE AGREEMENT.

3.

WHEN OPPORTUNITY OFFERS, YOU SHOULD THEREFORE TELL ZHOU

THAT, AS THE SECRETARY OF STATE DID DURING HIS VISITS, WE SHALL

INFORM THE CHINESE OF THEGGENERAL LINE WHICH WE INTEND TO TAKE IN

THE WHITE PAPER NEARER THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION.

4.

FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION AT THIS STAGE WE THINK IT LIKELY

THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO WU JUST BEFORE

THE INITIALLING URGING CAUTION ON CHINESE LEADERS IN WHAT THEY

SAY ABOUT THE AGREEMENT.

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FUTURE OF HONG KONG

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