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CONFIDENTIAL FUTURE EGRET

1972

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TOGETHER.

IT HAS INCREASED OUR UNDERSTANDING AND OUR TRUST OF

ONE ANOTHER. I AM CONVINCED THAT AS WE WORK TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE THIS PROCESS WILL CONTINUE, AND THAT WE SHALL LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR A CLOSER AND DEEPER RELATIONSHIP IN THE YEARS TO COME. MR PRESIDENT, HISTORICALLY HONG KONG, THOUGH NOT THROUGH ANY FAULT OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF DIVISION BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES. IT IS FITTING THAT HONG KONG SHOULD NOW BRING US CLOSER TOGETHER. THAT IS GOOD FOR BRITAIN, GOOD FOR CHINA, AND GOOD FOR THE WORLD. IT IS ABOVE ALL GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. ENDS

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FUTURE EGRET

COPIES TO:

SIR P CRADOCK (2)

LIMITED

MR BURROWS

HD/HKD HD/FED

MR WILSON

LEGAL ADVISERS

MR FIFOOT

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