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Alan Paul Hong Kong Dept. FCO
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ary, Government House
Private Secretary,
March
HONG KONG'S VALUE TO BRITAIN
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As you know we have been doing some research on this subject. We propose to take it a stage further in the context of lobbying around the Nationality Bill. has been suggested to the Governor by, inter alios, Martin Brandon-Bravo, David Waddington's PPS, and who visited
in January.
He made the point that we need to
press the case for political support for Hong Kong in the UK not in terms of moral obligation but of practical interest. Similar points have been made by others (e.g. Sir Peter Blaker in the Governor's meeting with MP3 on 8 March).
We, therefore, intend to produce two versions of a
The "glossy" entitled "Hong Kong:its value to Britain". glossier version will be a several page booklet which will be handed out to select MPS (e.g. the Parliamentary Group) here and others and in London. will be a simple two-page broadsheet for wider distribution. The text will be identical.
printed before the Bill is tabled.
The second version
We, of course, wish to get this finalised and
with apologies, therefore, for the rush, I am faxing the text we propose to use (which has been cleared with BTC), and would be grateful for any comments you may have by return fax or telegram by the start of play tomorrow.
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(C.E. Leeks)
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