TNAG-2512-FCO40-3665-Future-of-Hong-Kong-International-Rights-and-Obligations-(IR-1992 — Page 203

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HUMAN RIGHTS DELEGATION

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I have seen your telno 429 to Peking and Hong Kong's reply in telno 1412. This is not by any stretch of the imagination my business, so I am not chipping in with a telegram of my own. However, I thought I would let you know on a personal basis that I think the Hong Kong advice on this is wrong. If the delegation comes to Hong Kong before the China leg of their visit, there will be a great deal of publicity and excitement. There will probably be stunts by local human rights organisations. All of it would be calculated to produce a hullabaloo on the subject, which would get the Chinese quite unnecessarily stirred up before the delegation reaches Peking. The delegation themselves would have virtually no control of this.

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I would strongly advise that Sir Geoffrey Howe should come here after his visit: he would then have a much better chance of steering publicity the way he wants it, and in any case if it did go wrong, the visit would be over and not so much damage would be done.

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A C Galsworthy

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