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1983 Nov 1 - 1983 Dec 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1059
Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 10)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 412
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83 Nov 9 Wed Hong Kong: Ricketts minute to Coles (“Future of Hong Kong”) [Cradock’s meeting with Yao Guang] [declassified 2013]
83 Nov 10 Thu Hong Kong: Ricketts minute to MT (“Future of Hong Kong”) [“the Chinese reacted reasonably favourably to the line which our negotiators took at the meeting on 19/20 October”] [declassified 2013]
83 Nov 11 Fri Hong Kong: Ricketts letter to Coles (“Future of Hong Kong”) [Cradock’s meeting with Yao Guang] [declassified 2013]
83 Nov 16 Wed Hong Kong: Ricketts letter to Coles (“Hong Kong: Negotiations with the Chinese”) [“no real progress was made”] [declassified 2013]
83 Nov 18 Fri Hong Kong: Ricketts minute to Coles (“Future of Hong Kong”) [use of Cradock’s formula in EXCO] [declassified 2013]
83 Dec 5 Mon Hong Kong: Ricketts letter to Coles (“Future of Hong Kong: Possible Visit by EXCO”) [“the odds probably are that the Unofficials themselves will press very hard for a visit and for reassurances on HMG’s position”] [declassified 2013]
83 Dec 5 Mon Hong Kong: Ricketts minute to Coles (“Hong Kong: Mr Robert Adley MP”) [Adley “has tended to be critical of the Hong Kong Government and of the Unofficials there in taking an unrealistic view of the negotiations”] [declassified 2013]
83 Dec 7 Wed Hong Kong: Ricketts minute to Coles (“Hong Kong: Briefing the Opposition”) [“Parliamentary interest generally has increased considerably in recent months”] [declassified 2013]
83 Dec 12 Mon Hong Kong: Ricketts letter to Coles (“Hong Kong”) [Lee Kwan Yew’s view “that any approach to the Chinese requires a mixture of firmness and realism”] [declassified 2013]
83 Dec 13 Tue Hong Kong: Ricketts minute to Coles (“Future of Hong Kong: Sir P Cradock’s Calls on Chinese Leaders”) [comments and instructions on line to take] [declassified 2013]
83 Nov 2 Wed Hong Kong: Loh letter to Coles (Hong Kong Observers) [presentation to Peking] [declassified 2013]
83 Nov 9 Wed Hong Kong: Armstrong minute to Coles (“JIC Assessments on Hong Kong”) [MT “does not wish the circulation list to be extended in this way”] [declassified 2013]
83 Nov 9 Wed Hong Kong: Heseltine minute to Howe (“RN Task Group Deployment to Hong Kong”) [“Cancellation of INVINCIBLE’s visit would come as a bitter disappointment”] [declassified 2013]
83 Nov 16 Wed Hong Kong: Lindsay Wilkinson minute to MT (“OD(K): Hong Kong”) [Cradock’s observation on talks, advice on future tactics] [declassified 2013]
83 Dec 1 Thu Hong Kong: Victor Rothschild memo to MT (“The Future of Hong Kong”) [“Chinese intentions towards Hong Kong after 1997 have at last become clear”] [declassified 2013]
83 Dec 10 Sat Hong Kong: Cockfield letter to MT (“China- Hong Kong”) [visit to China] [declassified 2013]
83 Dec 12 Mon Hong Kong: Cradock despatch (“The Hong Kong negotiations”) [“For the Chinese the political objective of resuming sovereignty including the right of administration has been paramount”] [declassified 2013]
83 Dec 10 Sat Hong Kong: Goodall minute to MT (“Future of Hong Kong”) [seventh round of talks] [declassified 2013]
83 Dec 15 Thu Hong Kong: Cromer letter to MT (proposed talks with his son) [negotiating position] [declassified 2013]
83 Dec 19 Mon Hong Kong: Heseltine minute to Howe (“Future of Hong Kong: Defence and Internal Security”) [“we must firmly resist any suggestion that Chinese troops should be sanctioned in Hong Kong after 1997”] [declassified 2013]