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SECRET

February 28, 1987

Dear Geoffrey:

I am here in Hong Kong at the start of my trip to

It was

China and I met today with David Akers-Jones.

reassuring to hear of the investment in fundamental

infrastructure that is underway

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a great contribution to

confidence in a thriving Hong Kong beyond 1997.

This

effort, and the hard work your people are doing to ensure a careful and effective turnover process is something

Great Britain can be truly proud of.

Warm regards,

/s/

George

SECRET