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FROM PEKING 280935Z NOV 84

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 2841 OF 28/11/34

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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FUTURE EGRET: YOUR TEL NO 2345 TO HONG KONG:

PRIME MINSTER'S VISIT: SPEECH

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1. I TOLD ZHAO ON INSTRUCTIONS (YOUR TEL NO 1433)

THAT THE PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH AT THE

SIGNATURE CEREMONY WOULD BE SHORT. THE DRAFT IN YOUR TUR SEEMS TO ME TO BE ON THE LONG SIDE. COULD PARAGRAPHS 10 AND 11 NOT BE 20ILED DOWN?

2. MY ONLY DETAILED COMMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

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(A) (PARAGRAPH 5, PENULTIMATE SENTENCE)£WU XUEQIAN SHOULD BE GIVEN HIS FULL TITLE OF STATE COUNCILLOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER''.

(B) (PARAGRAHPH 11, FINAL SENTENCE) THE CHINESE ARE SENSITIVE ABOUT LINKS BETWEEN THE UK AND HONG KONG AFTER 1997 AND ABOUT THE SEPARATE IDENTITY OF THE **PEOPLE OF HONG KONG''. SUGGEST THAT THE POINT IN THIS SENTENCE COULD BE MADE EQUALLY EFFECTIVELY, WITHOUT TOUCHING THESE SENSIBILITIES, BY REDRAFTING THE PASSAGE TO READ: **TRADE, INVESTMENT AND A NETWORK OF CULTURAL AND

BUT

PERSONAL TIES WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST BETWEEN BRITAIN AND

HÙNG KONG,

EVANS

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HD/HKD HD/FED MR WILSON

COPIES TO:

SIR P CRADOCK (2)

MR BURROWS

MR FIFOOT

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