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Your response
(a)
Must
respond to widespread demand for greater
degree of participation in government in Hong Kong. But moving very carefully, and seeking to
build on existing institutions. Development SO
far entirely consistent with the principle of Hong
Believe what we Kong people governing Hong Kong.
are doing is likely to be positively helpful in long term to prosperity and stability, and to success of our joint enterprise.
(b)
Garrison only being reduced to its pre-1980 level.
Extra Gurkha battalion raised as short-term
measure because of the illegal immigration
situation that prevailed at the time. Situation
extra men. You can
out carry
now
our
no longer requires the
rest assured that we shall fully responsibility to preserve Hong Kong's stability
right up to
[If pressed] No decisions on
the long-term future of the garrison yet taken.
to 1997.
(c)
Kept Chinese
Weill Medal
informed of our intentions on Harold
from the outset
in hope of
co-ordinating
the
level of official which both
sides would nominate. My nominations sent to New
York University in July.
pleased if Chinese had put forward nominations of their own, but that i s a matter for them.
We would have been
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