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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HER BRITTANIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT

OPDK (92) 9

12 November 1992

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MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON HONG KONG AND

OTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

HONG KONG: CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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Memorandum by the

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

We will be discussing the way ahead with the Governor at

OPD (K) on 18 November.

His constitutional proposals, which we discussed at our

meeting on 15 September, have been generally well received in Hong Kong, in this country and internationally. But we recognised on 15

September that the Chinese would be bound to oppose them. They have done so Everythically,

This was borne out when the Governor visited Peking last month The Chinese rejected the entire package put hand. They reacted with particular anger to our refusal to enter a process of private consultations with them before the Governor announced his

proposals in Hong Kong. On the substance, they concentrated their

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