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16 JAN 190 12:59 FROM COI TECHNICAL RADIO

TO FCO NEWS

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TRAFSCRIPT C FOREIGN SEC PC

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BONG KONG 16 JAX 90

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July

FOREIGN SECRETARY (CUIT);

But what happens after, whether it is possible to maintain

and continue the progress, then that is not a matter for our

decision and that is why the kind of contacts which the Governor

has had, the kind of discussions which have been had with the

Chinese on this are essential if one is looking seriously for the

best way.

It is not giving them a veto or right of decision on what is

within our jurisdiction, but it is seeking to establish what is the

best my fur hung hung, not the Cino-British relationship, the best

way for Hong Kong is actually attainable.

QUESTION (Philip Bowring, Far Eastern Economic Review):

I cannot confess to have read it, but I gather you have

written a novel about the last days of Hong Kong?

FONEIGH SECRETARY:

It was a best seller with a happy ending.

QUESTION:

Will truth be stranger than fiction?

FOREIGN SECRETARY:

Do read it, you might even persuade my publishers to re-

print it.