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FROM: A C Galsworthy

DATE:

August 1985

Cc: PS/PUS

Sir W Harding

Mr Elliot,

FED

Mr Walker,

Research

1.

I submit a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong

giving a Hong Kong perspective on the negotiations leading

up to the Joint Declaration and the Governor's view of the

next 12 years.

2.

In the despatch the Governor briefly

briefly outlines the

history of Hong Kong and emphasises Britain's moral

repsonsibility to the territory which was shouldered on

our re turn to Hong Kong in 1945.

3.

negotiations

The Governor then gives a brief account of the

as seen from Hong Kong. He argues that we

were right to press for British administration in the

early stages of negotiation, until forced to move by the

September crisis. He pays

of

the

Unofficials

in

confidentiality

and yet

tribute to the difficult role

the negotiations, tied by

responsible to the people

of

The Governor

stresses the importance of

Hong Kong.

the

de tail contained in Annex 1 to the Joint Declaration and

the fact that the agreement

was legally binding in winning

over the people of Hong Kong to the Agreement.

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