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FOR GOVERNOR FROM HKD

YOUR TELNO 1043: SIR Y K PAO

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WE APOLOGISE FOR NOT MAKING THE DEADLINE IN TUR. WE HOPE THAT THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY MAY PROVE HELPFUL SHOULD YOU WISH TO CONTACT SIR Y K BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE FOR PEKING.

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SIR Y K PAO HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH SEVERAL MINISTERS DURING HIS RECENT UK VISIT. HE SPENT THE WEEKEND OF 15-16 MARCH WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AT CHEVENING. HE SAW THE SECRETARY OF STATE AGAIN ON 19 MARCH, AND MET MR LUCE ON 18 MARCH, MR RIDLEY AND LORD YOUNG ON 19 MARCH, MR RENTON AND MR RAISON ON 20 MARCH,

HE ALSO THE PRIME MINISTER ON 21 MARCH AND MR HURD ON 24 MARCH.

MET WILSON AND SIR P CRADOCK.

THE MAIN SUBJECTS OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS OF WHICH WE HAVE

RECEIVED REPORTS WERE AS FOLLOWS:

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WITH SECRETARY OF STATE:

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REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: THE SECRETARY OF STATE REITERATED OUR INTENTION TO MOVE CAUTIOUSLY AND PRUDENTLY, TO SEE WHAT CAME OUT, OF THE 1987 REVIEW,

WE HAD TO ENSURE THAT THE REVIEW WAS A SERIOUS ONE. ACCEPTED THE NEED FOR CONVERGENCE AND HAD INITIATED A USEFUL DIALOGUE. BUT THIS DIALOGUE MUST BE A TWO-WAY

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