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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]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1059 f128
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Commonwealth (general), Defence (general), Foreign policy (Asia), Security services & intelligence, British policy towards Hong Kong