 The UK wanted China to know the nuclear strength of the US could be unleashed if the Chinese attacked Hong Kong, previously secret papers show. In 1961 the UK felt nuclear retaliation was the only alternative to abandoning its colony if China attacked. Officials wanted "to encourage" China to believe nuclear action against it would follow any hostile action, papers released by the National Archives show. Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1999, having held it since 1842. The letters, circulated to prime minister Harold Macmillan, were written between 1957 and 1961 when concern was growing about China's intentions. Hong Kong was thought to be vulnerable, particularly as water and food supplies, from the mainland, could be cut off at any time. ...
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