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PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS, HKD, FROM GOVERNOR (VISITING)
LABOUR PARTY POLICY ON HONG KONG
1 THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME A COPY OF YOUR RECORD OF YOUR MEETING WITH ALAN ROGERS. HIS CONTINUING EMPHASIS ON THE DESIRABILITY OF PRIOR CONSULTATION WITH THE CHINESE IS DISTURBING, AS IS HIS EVIDENT WILLINGNESS TO USE HONG KONG AS A PARTY POLITICAL ISSUE IF THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES. I WILL TRY TO CALM THINGS DOWN WHEN I SEE HIM AND JACK CUNNINGHAM FOR BREAKFAST
ON 18 NOVEMBER.
2. IN THE MEANTIME, YOU MIGHT FIND IT USEFUL TO TALK TO JOHN MAREK AND JOHN MCFALL, WHO ALSO VISITED HONG KONG RECENTLY. THEY WERE, IN CONTRAST, VERY SUPPORTIVE, BOTH PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY. IT MAY BE WORTH TRYING TO PERSUADE THEM TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO ENCOURAGE THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PRESENT BI-PARTISAN APPROACH TO
HONG KONG.
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