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 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 83 Dec 21 We | Major | Hong Kong: Hong Kong observers’s paper (Sino-British talks) [as given to Chinese Government] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Nov 9 We | Major | 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 Dec 30 Fr | Major | Hong Kong: Butler minute to Coles (Robin McLaren) [approach to Lord Cromer’s son] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 22 Th | Major | Hong Kong: Butler minute to Fall (reports on Robin McLaren) [MT “felt that the number of reports made it incumbent on the Government to make thorough inquiries”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 22 Th | Major | Hong Kong: Butler minute to Fall (“Hong Kong”) [proposed paper by Youde to EXCO] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 10 Sa | Major | Hong Kong: Cockfield letter to MT (“China- Hong Kong”) [visit to China] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Nov 29 Tu | Major | Hong Kong: Coles letter to Fall (“Hong Kong”) [conversation with Lee Kuan Yew] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 21 We | Major | Hong Kong: Coles letter to Ricketts (“Hong Kong”) [“the Prime Minister has noted from recent telegrams that the Chinese are reluctant to envisage progress towards democratic institutions in Hong Kong before 1997”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 14 We | Major | Hong Kong: Coles minute to Ricketts (“Future of Hong Kong: Sir Percy Cradock’s calls on Chinese Leaders”) [instructions to Cradock] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Nov 15 Tu | Major | Hong Kong: Coles minute to Ricketts (“Hong Kong”) [Observers delegation to Peking] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Nov 16 We | Major | Hong Kong: Coles note to MT (“Tomorrow’us Meeting on Hong Kong”) [“will be about negotiating tactics and I do not think any financial issues will arise”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 12 Mo | Major | 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 15 Th | Major | Hong Kong: Cromer letter to MT (proposed talks with his son) [negotiating position] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Nov 9 We | Major | Hong Kong: FCO telegram to UKE Athens (“ Future of Hong Kong”) [“the Chinese still suspect us of trying to engineer a ‘co-administration’ of Hong Kong after 1997”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 14 We | Major | Hong Kong: FCO telegram to UKE Beijing (“Future of Hong Kong Calls on Leaders”) [“Note with pleasure the progress made in the latest phase of negotiations”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 2 Fr | Major | Hong Kong: FCO telegram to UKE Beijing (“Future of Hong Kong: Next Session of Talks”) [“The Chinese request to receive the rest of the working papers quickly is interesting”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Nov 12 Sa | Major | Hong Kong: FCO telegram to UKE Beijing (“Future of Hong Kong”) [“the need to keep EXCO with us and to avoid giving the impression to them that we are giving away points too soon”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 10 Sa | Major | Hong Kong: Goodall minute to MT (“Future of Hong Kong”) [seventh round of talks] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 19 Mo | Major | 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] |
| 83 Nov 9 We | Major | 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] |