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FM HONG KONG 261045Z NOV 80
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1566 OF 26 NOVEMBER
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
MYTELNO 1538: PRESS ARTICLES ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG. TODAY'S DA GONG BAO CARRIES A REFUTATION OF THE EXPRESS STORY IN THE FORM OF A DESPATCH FROM THEIR CORRESPONDENT IN PEKING. THIS QUOTES A RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL OF THE ''RELEVANT DEPARTMENT** OF THE STATE COUNCIL AS SAYING THAT ZHAO'S REMARKS SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AS REPRESENTING THE GOVERNMENT. THERE WERE NO GROUNDS FOR
SAYING THAT ZHAO WAS AN IMPORTANT PERSON EQUIVALENT TO A MINISTER OR THAT WHAT HE SAID MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DELIBERATE ARRANGEMENT TO REVEAL POLICY. THERE WERE DELIBERATE DISTORTIONS IN THE PUBLISHED VERSION OF WHAT ZHAO SAID.
2. THIS SEEMS TO CONFIRM THAT ZHAO HAD NOT EXPECTED WHATEVER REMARKS HE MADE OVER DINNER TO BE PUBLISHED. THE 'DISTORTIONS'' PROBABLY INCLUDE THE CATEGORIC AND ODD ASSERTION THAT CHINA RESPECTS THE QING TREATIES.
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