TNAG-2457-FCO40-3578-Future-of-Hong-Kong-constitutional-development-presentation-1992 — Page 57

CONFIDENTIAL

FM TOKYO

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELNO 005

OF 2008O9Z OCTOBER 92

AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

AND TO ROUTINE FCO

CONFIDENTIAL

p.w.R Presentation

155436 MDLIAN 9585

PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG

YOUR TELNO 8: YOUR VISIT TO JAPAN AND RELATED ISSUES

1. AS REGARDS YOUR PARA 2D, REACTION TO YOUR STRATEGY HERE IS, IN PRINCIPLE, STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE, OFFSET BY PREDICTABLE CONCERN (EXPRESSED PRIVATELY) LEST WE RUB THE CHINESE UP TOO VIGOROUSLY: WE HAVE, AND GIVE, THE ANSWERS IN THE FCO GUIDANCE.

2.

WHAT YOU WILL WANT TO KNOW, AND MAY FIND CHEERING, IS THE JAPANESE PM'S RESOUNDING ENDORSEMENT, SPEAKING TO DAVID HOWELL AND ME YESTERDAY. MIYAZAWA SAID THAT YOU WERE ''DOING VERY WELL AS GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, AND A BRAVE MAN''. JAPAN WAS WATCHING YOUR CONDUCT OF AFFAIRS IN HONG KONG WITH ADMIRATION.

3.

I REMINDED MIYAZAWA OF YOUR FORTHCOMING VISIT. HE SAID YOU

WOULD BE VERY WELCOME.

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