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RPTD INFO HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR).
CALL ON VICE FOREIGN MINISTER
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1. WHEN I SAW ZHANG WENJIN ON 22 JUNE I SPOKE AS SUGGESTED IN
251 PARA 3 OF YOUR TELEGRAM NO 349 ON HONG KONG. ZHANG SAID THAT THE
CHINESE LEADERS HAD TALKED ABOUT HONG KONG ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE EARLIEST HE RECALLED WAS IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES WHEN ZHOU
ENLAI SPOKE TO SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME. THE LATEST WAS WHEN DENG
SPOKE TO MR HEATH. THE CHINESE POSITION WAS CONSISTENT THAT THEY
WOULD EVENTUALLY TAKE BACK WHAT WAS CHINESE TERRITORY. BUT AT THE
SAME TIME, NO MATTER WHAT THE POLITICAL SOLUTION, THEY WISHED TO
ASSURE THE CONTINUANCE OF HONG KONG'S PRESENT PROSPERITY AND DID
NOT SEEK CHANGE SO DRASTIC AS TO DISTURB THE ECONOMIC SITUATION.
HOW BEST TO AVOID SUCH DISTURBANCE WAS A COMPLICATED MATTER WHICH
WOULD NEED CAREFUL STUDY. I SUGGESTED IT WAS A MATTER WE COULD
PROFITABLY STUDY TOGETHER. ZHANG AGREED AND SAID THERE WOULD HAVE
TO BE DICUSSIONS ABOUT IT, THIS WOULD
BE AFTER THE PRIMÈ MINISTER'S VISIT),
2. THE VICE MINISTER ADDED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD WHY, BECAUSE OF
BRITISH MINISTERS' OTHER PREOCCUPATIONS, NO RESPONSE HAD YET
BEEN SENT TO VICE CHAIRMAN DENG'S QUESTIONS TO MR HEATH. BUT ZHENG WOULD BE GLAD TO HAVE BRITISH VIEWS ON THOSE QUESTIONS
IN DUE COURSE.
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