TNAG-1332-FCO40-1762-Future-of-Hong-Kong-White-Paper-on-the-Joint-Declaration-1984 — Page 327

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Mr Hum

Ham

FUTURE OF HONG KONG:

SECRET

WHITE PAPER

Reference..

Resit dult stutte (-) Cabally

I open a file in White Pape

I would be glad

1. I attach a draft outline of a White Paper on the agreement. You will wish to discuss it with Mr Galsworthy.If it is on the right lines, to produce a fuller version on my return.

2.

I

I have produced fairly full historical sections. believe we will need to justify our recommendation of the agreement in some detail, particularly if EXCO come out against it. This means putting the agreement in the context of Hong Kong's dependence on Chinese good will and in the context of two years tough negotiating.

27 July 1984

Jonathan Powell

J N Powell

Hong Kong Department

SECRET

MKK040/50

RECEIVED 9:

- 3 AUG 1984

JAK JUL