[HK2AMA]
RE
HKK 02612
IN REGISTRY
12 JUN 1986
HEGISTAY
Action Taken
JAB 216.
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VISIT OF SECRETARY GENERAL HU YAO BANG
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CIA 9/2
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tangentially.
DR WILSON'S PRESS BRIEFING, 6 JUNE 1986
HONG KONG: DEFENSIVE POINTS TO MAKE
Is Visit/UK-China closeness at expense of Hong Kong?
Emphatically not.
Closeness of UK/China
relations
benefits Hong Kong, as progress made in implementation of
Joint Declaration shows.
Refusal of British Citizenship to ethnic minorities
Government considered very seriously 3 Leg Co requests
associated with recent Order in Council:
met 2, went
considerable way towards meeting concern underlying 3rd, relating to minorities. This response generally welcomed in
Hong Kong
believe arrangements now made
nationality/travel documentation area satisfactory and
acceptable to most Hong Kong people.
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Government has lost interest in Hong Kong following
signature of Joint Declaration
No.
in
Working hard at implementation, as JLG results show.
US protectionism
We welcomed President's veto of
Jenkins Bill, which
continue to
followed strong representations by us. Will
make our views known as necessary.
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