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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1572 OF 10 AUGUST

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OUR TELNO 1559 : FUTURE EGRET : DRAFT OUTLINE OF WHITE PAPER FOLLOWING IS DRAFT OUTLINE OF WHITE PAPER TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOLLOWING THE INITIALLING OF A DRAFT

AGREEMENT BETWEEN HMG AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PRC ON THE FUTURE

OF HONG KONG.

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INTRODUCTORY DOCUMENT

INTRODUCTION

1. PURPOSE OF THE PAPER: TO PRESENT AGREEMENT IN CONTEXT OF HISTORY OF HONG KONG AND TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS: TO SEEK VIEWS

OF PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ON AGREEMENT.

HISTORY OF HONG KONG : THE TREATIES

2. BRIEF HISTORY OF ACQUISITION OF HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, AND LEASE OF NEW TERRITORIES. DESCRIPTION OF THE THREE TREATIES AND THEIR

IMPLICATIONS.

CONTEXT OF NEGOTIATIONS

3. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF BACKGROUND TO DECISION TO OPEN

CONCERN OF UNCERAINTY OVER LAND

NEGOTIATIONS (DRAWN FROM UNCLASSIFIED SOURCES). INVESTORS BEGAN TO APPEAR IN 1977/8. LEASES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

VISIT BY GOVERNOR TO PEKING IN

1979. DENG XIAOPING TOLD INVESTORS TO PUT THEIR HEARTS AT EASE'. CALLS IN HONG KONG FOR BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO OPEN TALKS WITH CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON FUTURE.

PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO PEKING

4. BRIEF ACCOUNT OF PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO PEKING AND STATEMENT ISSUED ON HER DEPARTURE.

TALKS

5. BRIEF ACCOUNT OF COURSE OF TALKS. SECOND PHASE OF TALKS.

AGREEMENT TO OPEN TALKS.

FIRST PHASE. AGREEMENT ON INDICATION THAT HMG INITALLY PUSHED HARD

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