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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1520 OF 10 DECEMBER

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AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG,TOKYO (PERSONAL FOR SIR E YOUDE)

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MIPT: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA AND HONG KONG:

STEERING BRIEFS

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PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA AND HONG KONG : 18-21 DECEMBER

1984

STEERING BRIEF: HONG KONG

INTRODUCTION

THE PRIME MINISTER VISITED HONG KONG IN SEPTEMBER 1982, FOLLOWING HER VISIT TO PEKING AND AGREEMENT THERE TO BEGIN TALKS

ON THE TERRITORY'S FUTURE. THERE HAVE SINCE BEEN A NUMBER OF

VISITS TO THE TERRITORY BY FCO MINISTERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE

NEGOTIATIONS: SIR GEOFFREY HOWE WAS THERE IN APRIL AND JULY/AUGUST 1984, AND MR RICHARD LUCE IN SEPTEMBER 1983 AND JULY

1984.

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OBJECTIVES

I) TO REASSURE HONG KONG AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF OUR CONTINUED

COMMITMENT TO THE TERRITORY AND TO THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF

THE AGREEMENT ON ITS FUTURE.

II) IN PARTICULAR TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE EFFECTIVE

ADMINISTRATION OF THE TERRITORY UP TO 1997.

III) TO ENCOURAGE HONG KONG PEOPLE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE

AGREEMENT AND TO BUILD THEIR OWN FUTURE.

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