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THOMSON'S TELELETTER OF 6 DECEMBER TO GALSWORTHY: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG: CONVERSATION WITH ZHOU NAN.
IT WOULD, IN MY VIEW, BE ADVISABLE TO TRY TO STOP ZHOU NAN FROM USING PRESS REPORS OF STATEMENTS AN HONG KONG AS A PRETEXT FOR CONTINUING EFFORTS TO NULLIFY OUR COMMITMENT TO THE 1987 REVIEW. WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN, FROM CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT ZHOU NAN'S COVVERSATIONS WITH SIR PETER BLAKER, THAT UNLESS A FAIRLY FIRM AND INSTANTANEOUS RESPONSE S MADE TO ZHOU NAN, HE IS LIKELY TO ASSUME THAT SILENCE OR THE LACK OF ANY OBJECTION ON THE PART OF HIS #INTERLOCUTOR MEANS THAT HMG AS A WHOLE ENDORSES HIS IDEAS.
2. SHOULD ZHOU NAN RAPSE THE SUBJECT AGAIN, I RECOMMEND THAT THE FOLLOWING POINTS BE MADE:
(A) WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE 1987 REVIEW. COMMITMENTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY BRITISH MINISTERS TO PARLAMENT IN THIS RESPECT. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE EMPTY RITUAL WHICH ZHOU NAN ENVISAGES.
(B) EVERYTHING WHICH THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAVE DONE SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS TERMS, AND HAS BEEN MATERIAL PROOF OF BRITAIN'S COMMITMENTS TO MAINTAINING STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG.
(C) PRESS REPORTS OF STATEMENTS BY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
HAVE BEEN WILDLY INACCURATE. THE POSITION HAS BEEN EXPLAINED CLEARLY AND OFFICIALLY TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN THE JOINT LIAISON
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