TNAG-1332-FCO40-1762-Future-of-Hong-Kong-White-Paper-on-the-Joint-Declaration-1984 — Page 306

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YOUR TELNO. 1572: FUTURE EGRET: DRAFT OUTLINE OF WHITE PAPER.

I AM GENERALLY CONTENT WITH THE OUTLINE OF THE WHITE PAPER IN YOUR TUR. SOME CARE WILL BE NEEDED IN REFERRING TO CALLS IN HONG KONG FOR BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO OPEN TALKS WITH CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON THE FUTURE''. IT WOULD BE MISLEADING IF THE IMPRESSION WERE CONVEYED THAT SUCH CALLS WERE THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN PERSUADING HMG OF THE NEED TO RAISE THE MATTER WITH THE CHINESE. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SUCH CALLS (E.C. SIR S. Y. CHUNG'S SPEECH AT THE SWEARING IN OF THE GOVERNOR ON MAY 19, 1982,) HMG HAD OPENED DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE BEFORE THAT: AND IT WAS THE COINCIDENCE OF THE PM'S VISIT WHICH PROVIDED THE IMPETUS.

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