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adley.SA.JRB

March 1993

Robert Adley, MP

House of Commons

LONDON

SW1A OAA

Thank you for your letter of 25 March to Douglas Hurd enclosing

one from your constituent Mr H G Gaule of 25 Southcliffe Road,

Friars Cliff, Christchurch, Dorset about Hong Kong.

You will now have received Douglas' letter of 30 March in response to an earlier one of yours. And I enclose a copy of Douglas' letter to Elsie Tu. These letters explain our approach and there is little that I can add to them. They deal with the

points Mr Maule makes. We have certainly not lost sight of the need for cooperation with China over Hong Kong. We want to talk to them about electoral arrangements and all the other issues we

face in ensuring a smooth transition. But we have the responsibility to administer Hong Kong until 1 July 1997 and that we are determined to carry out.

ALASTAIR GOODLAD