1982 Nov 8 - 1983 Feb 16
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1053
Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 4)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2013 Aug 1 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 453 |
| Any docs withheld? | 16 |
PREM19/1053 - download whole file (PDF, 77.76 MB)
Selections from this file
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Category | Type | Value | Author/Source | Title |
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| 83 Feb 16 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Ministry of Defence minute to No.10 (“Future of Hong Kong: contingency planning”) [military assessment] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Feb 16 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Pym minute to MT (“Future of Hong Kong”) [MT: “This paper is pathetic”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Feb 14 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (Pym, MT) [“Future of Hong Kong”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Feb 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“U.S. Secretary of State’s visit to Hong Kong: press coverage”) [Shultz: “[future of Hong Kong] not a subject we can really contribute to”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Feb 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Future of Hong Kong”) [consultation with EXCO] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Feb 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: Chinese leakage”) [“This is a serious leakage which we shall need to take up with the Chinese”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Feb 9 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [consultation with EXCO] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Feb 9 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Possible visit by representative of Hong Kong and Shanghai bank”) [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Feb 9 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [record of conversation: Cradock, Yao Guang] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Feb 8 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: press coverage”) [“propaganda campaign in the communist press”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Feb 3 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: press coverage”) [propaganda campaign in the communist press] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Feb 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: No.10 letter to FCO (“Hong Kong”) [propaganda and diplomacy] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jan 31 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Jenkin minute to MT (“Visit to the Far East: 12-23 January”) [record of conversations] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jan 31 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Pym personal telegram to Cradock (“Future of Hong Kong: Governor’s visit to London” ) [record of conversations: MT, Youde, Pym, Lord Belstead] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jan 28 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Pym, Youde, Alan Donald, John Coles) [“Note of a discussion on Hong Kong”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jan 27 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Pym minute to MT (“Future of Hong Kong”) [proposed agenda for meeting with MT and Youde] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jan 27 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Haddon-Cave minute to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: press reports”) [various press coverage] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jan 26 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Beijing record of conversation (“Record of call on Vice Foreign Minister Yao Guang by Sir P Cradock”) [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jan 26 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: call on Vice Foreign Minister Yao Guang”) [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jan 21 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Visit by a New Territories group to Peking”) [record of conversations] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jan 19 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: HKGCC speech”) [diplomatic tensions] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jan 18 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [diplomatic tensions] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jan 17 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [record of conversation: Patrick Jenkin, Wan Li, Sir Percy Cradock] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jan 14 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: MT letter to Kissinger (future of Hong Kong) [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jan 7 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Future of Hong Kong: proposed visit to London by HM Ambassador, Peking”) [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jan 7 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Pym) [“Hong Kong”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jan 6 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [visit of Youde and Cradock to London; diplomatic tension] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jan 5 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Pym PS letter to MT (“Secretary of State for Industry’s visit to the Far East: 12-23 January 1983”) [MT disagrees with Pym proposals] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 30 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Tim Flesher note to John Coles (Dr. Elizabeth Cottrell paper on future of Hong Kong) [“some embarrassment might be caused”] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 30 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [Hong Kong connection to Guangdong nuclear project] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 23 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sir Frank Cooper) [“Hong Kong”, contingency plans for military defense] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (“Record of conversation between the Prime Minister and S.Y. Chung, C.B.E.”) [future of Hong Kong] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 17 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Future of Hong Kong: Call on the Prime Minister by Sir SY Chung, CBE, Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong: 20 December”) [summary of Lord Belstead visit and briefing] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 17 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Lord Belstead minute to Pym (“Hong Kong”) [summary report of visit to Hong Kong] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 15 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [press coverage] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Lt-Cmdr Paul Murray-Jones to Coles (“Future of Hong Kong”) [disciplinary matter] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 9 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: press comment”) [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 7 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Yeu-Kong Pao) [“China/Hong Kong”, comparison with Shanghai] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 6 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Pym PS letter to No.10 (cessation of UK reports to UN on Hong Kong) [UK “was anxious to avoid a public dispute with the Chinese over Hong Kong”] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 4 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [record of conversation: Sir Percy Cradock, Zhang Wenjin] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 2 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: MT letter to Youde (briefing of Unofficials) [future of Hong Kong] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 2 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [diplomatic tension] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 2 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Pym, Lord Belstead, Lord MacLehose, Haddon-Cave, Alan Donald) [“Record of a Meeting Held at 10 Downing Street at 1800 hours on Thursday 2 December 1982”] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 1 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: No.10 letter to FCO (“Mr. Eric Hotung”) [future of Hong Kong] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Dec 1 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Chinese Ministerial visits”) [“such visits are likely to have a steadying effect on confidence in Hong Kong”] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: press coverage”) [“Remarks made by the leader of the Hong Kong factory owners delegation”] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [record of conversation: Youde, Executive Council of Hong Kong unofficial members] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Cabinet Office minute to MT (briefing Australia on future of Hong Kong) [“the Australians are also concerned… they have an interest…”] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 26 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Nomenclature in passports”) [future of Hong Kong] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 26 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Future of Hong Kong”) [MT: “There is nothing in this letter that will reassure anyone”] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 26 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [speculation on Chinese negotiating tactics] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 26 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“The future of Hong Kong”) [sovereignty] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 23 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: No.10 letter to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [propaganda campaign] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 23 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [potential amendment to Chinese Constitution] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 22 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [potential amendment to Chinese Constitution] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 20 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Measures to attract Hong Kong investment”) [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 20 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [Chinese public statements] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 19 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Pym telegram to Youde (“Future of Hong Kong”) [“we fully understand that opinion in Hong Kong… is becoming restive”] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 18 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: press coverage”) [Chinese intentions for Hong Kong] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 15 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [advice on handling of public statements and events] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 13 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [Hong Kong delegations to Beijing and Shanghai] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 12 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Pym telegram to Youde (“PQ: Future of Hong Kong”) [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 12 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Future of Hong Kong”) [property market] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 12 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Future of Hong Kong”) [“difficulty of giving people from Hong Kong the necessary courage to speak their minds [to the Chinese government]”] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 11 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: consultation”) [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 11 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Future of Hong Kong: recent developments and the Prime Minister’s dinner with Dr Kissinger on 12 November”) [points to make] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 10 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to UKHC Ottawa (“Personal for High Commissioner from Governor”) [Hong Kong Chinese communities overseas] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 10 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: TDC visit to China”) [record of conversation: TDC delegation, Mayor of Shanghai] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 9 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: press comment”) [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 8 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [record of conversations: Wright, Donald, Shultz; Wright, Bush Sr.] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 8 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Future of Hong Kong: Lee Kuan Yew”) [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 8 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: Cabinet Office note to No.10 (future of Hong Kong) [views about MT in Beijing, and mood in Hong Kong] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Nov 4 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: FCO record of conversation (Alan Donald, SJ Gomersall, John Holdridge, Paul Wolfowitz) [“China and Hong Kong: Note of a Meeting at the State Department on 4 November 1982”] [declassified 2013] |