CONFIDENTIAL
R JT McLaren Esq CMG Politie 1 Adviser HONG KO G
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• HKK090/5 KOND I SUSARY NO. 51
- 8 APR 1983
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PEGISTRY Action Taken
British Embassy PEKING
24 March 1983
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Thank you for copying to us your letter of 11 March to Dick Clift. I have poken to the Counsellor at the New Zealand Embassy about
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Mr Cooper's visit. Larkindale told me that there was only one brief reference to long Kong, in the minister's talks with Wu Xueqian. In the context of a monologue on China's domestic affairs, Wu described the creation of the Special Economic Zones as a step relevan to the reunification of Taiwan with the motherland, and Said China hoped that similar arrangements might apply to Hong Kong when China recovered sovereignty; China intended to maintain the stabilly and pros] arity of Hong Kong by this system.
Not a new
or remarkable statement, but worth noting that Wu mentioned Hong Kong without being asked about it.
Yours.ever
Bob
Cc:
R Clift Esq. HKGD, FCO Chancery, Wellington
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