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March 1993

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Robert Adley,/MP

House of Commons

LONDON

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Thank you for your letter of 25 March to Douglas Hurd enclosing one from your constituent Mr H G Gaule of 25 Southcliffe Road,

BH 23 4EN Friars Cliff, Christchurch, Dorset about Hong Kong.

You will now have received Douglas' letter of 30 March in

also- response to an earlier one of yours. And Itenclose 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

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