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FROM: R.P. MARGOLIS DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER HONG KONG
FILE NO : U/N OF 9 MARCH
4/913
HKK 040/1.
10
MAR 1983
FOLLOWING FOR : W. MORRIS, ESQ, HKGD FCO
C.C.: N.J. COX, ESQ, FED, FCO
AF 113
PEKING
R.M. PEIRCE ESQ, HM EMBASSY PEKING
178
PEKING TELNO 23: FUTURE OF HONG KONG
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V.G. KULKARNI IS A FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW STAFF REPORTER
WHO WAS SENT BY THE REVIEW ON AN EXTENSIVE TRIP THROUGHOUT THE
REGION IN CONNECTION WITH THE REVIEW'S COVERAGE OF THE NON-ALIGNED
SUMMIT IN DELHI AND THE FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES RAISED BY IT. HE
VISITED CHINA AS PART OF THE TRIP, AND THE REVIEW SUBMITTED IN
ADVANCE A LIST OF QUESTIONS TO THE MFA. THEY WERE A LITTLE
SURPRISED TO BE GRANTED AN INTERVIEW WITH WU XUEQIAN. ACCORDING
TO PHILIP BOWRING, JEPUTY EDITOR OF THE REVIEW, HONG KONG
WAS NOT (NOT) DISCUSSED. THEY HAD DECIDED THAT LITTLE
PURPOSE WOULD BE SERVED BY SUBMITTING QUESTIONS ON HONG KONG'S
FUTURE AND BOWRING TOLD ME THAT, ACCORDING TO KULKARNI'S TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW, WU HAD NOT VOLUNTEERED ANY COMMENT ON THIS SUBJECT.
2. HKGD REGISTRY PLEASE COPY TO FED.
SIGNED R P MARGOLIS
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