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influence of the Group. The Group is still seen publicly as a creature foisted on us by the Chinese,
4. We shall certainly need to ensure that the Group's activities
remain within the bounds set for it. This apart, however, there are strong advantages in adopting a more positive approach to the Group.
It is self-evident that we are going to need close co-operation and
harmony with the Chinese Government in the years ahead, both because
it is only with increased trust and confidence between the two sides
that we can hope to play an informal role in the most sensitive
areas of activity of the Chinese, such as the drafting of the Basic
Law, and because a public image of harmony and co-operation is
essential if confidence is to be maintained and the agreement is to
work.
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Our aims might therefore be:
to use the Group to create conditions for a smooth
transition up to 1997, with Hong Kong enjoying a full degree of internal and external autonomy provided by the terms of the agreement;
to continue educating Chinese leaders and officials
on the way Hong Kong works;
to seek to influence the drafting of the Basic Law,
and in particular the evolution of Chinese thinking
on its provisions for the constitution and
government structure of the Hong Kong SAR;
to prevent the Group being used by the Chinese to interfere in the administration of Hong Kong in the period up to 1997.
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We believe that an important Chinese aim has already been
achieved in the agreement that the Group will be established and will be based in Hong Kong after 1 July 1988. That is no doubt of
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