TNAG-1332-FCO40-1762-Future-of-Hong-Kong-White-Paper-on-the-Joint-Declaration-1984 — Page 173

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PRIME MINISTER

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GISTRY

M Pawell

TS. N. Harding

Hong Kong Dept CS PS

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Parliamentary Urit Legal Advisers

F.E.D. N.T.D. Research Dept

Future of Hong Kong: Draft White Paper

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1. I am circulating under cover of this minute a copy of

part one of a draft White Paper on the negotiations on the

future of Hong Kong for discussion at the meeting of OD(K)

on 12 September. It puts the agreement in the context of

the history of the negotiations, and of the alternatives

open to us. Part two of the White Paper will consist of

the Agreement itself, part three will be a detailed commentary

on the agreement, and part four will include appended relevant

documents.

2. The text of the White Paper cannot be finalised until we have initialled the Agreement. It is, however, important that

we publish the White Paper immediately after initialling so that the Agreement is seen in Hong Kong in its proper context from

the start. We therefore intend to have the White Paper set in

print in the near future and then amend it to take account of

the final stages of negotiation.

3. I am copying this minute to members of OD(K) and to

Sir Robert Armstrong.

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GEOFFREY HOWE

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

7 September. 1984

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