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CELLOR OF

THE

EXCHEQUER

8

Treasury Chambers, Parliament Street, SWIP ÇAG

071-270 3000

Rt Hon Douglas Hurd CBE MP

Secretary of State for Foreign and

Commonwealth Affairs

Foreign and Commonwealth Office Downing Street

LONDON

SW1A 2AL

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Duw Dayles

HONG KONG : AIRPORT PROJECT

22 March 1991

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Thank you for sending me a copy of your minute dated 18 March to

the Prime Minister.

2. I certainly understand why you would like to secure from the Chinese a public statement of support for the airport project,

though there must be room for doubt about whether this would be a decisive influence on the degree of private sector participation

in the project.

3.

However, I am concerned about the proposal to discuss with

the Chinese a specific figure which the Hong Kong Government would aim to leave in the fiscal reserves in 1997, consulting with the

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