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UKP481 EPA136
131812 :N/L FUTURE 3 PEKING:
THE DELEGATIONS, LED BY BRITISH AMBASSADOR SIR PERCY CRADOCK AND CHINESE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER YAO GUANG, MET FOR JUST OVER THREE HOURS TODAY, ABOUT AS LONG AS THEIR MEETING YESTERDAY.
HONG KONG GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE JOINED THE TALKS YESTERDAY, BUT CHINESE OFFICIALS HAVE STRESSED HE IS ONLY PART OF THE BRITISH TEAM AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE 5.2 MILLION PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, MOST OF THEM CHINESE.
REUTER MTR/MUD/JCK
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UKP468 EPF879
131388 :N/L FUTURE 4 PEKING (REOPENS):
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IN TAIPEI, THE TAIWANESE GOVERNMENT SAID TODAY IT WOULD NOT RECOGNISE ANY SETTLEMENT REACHED BETWEEN PEKING AND LONDON OVER HÙNG KING.
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COMMENTING ON THE SIND-BRITISH TALKS, A FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAIDS +THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) REITERATES THAT THE COMMUNIST. REGIME IN PEKING,15 A REBELLIOUS GROUP AND DOES NOT REPRESENT CHINA. + ·
+THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA DOES NOT RECOGNISE ANY SETTLEMENT REACHED BETWEEN PEKING AND LONDON.
+HE HOLD. THE VIEW THAT THE WISH OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG SHOULD BE RESPECTED IF THERE IS ANY SETTLEMENT REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE BRITISH COLONY: +
STAIWAN, BHICH STILL CLAIMS TO REPRESENT ALL OF CHINA, HAS WARNED BRITAIN NOT TO NEGOTIATE WITH PEKING ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
REUTER JN/HHD/J]