AUTHORITIES WOULD BE BETTER QUALIFIED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT AND IF
YOU ARE WITH ME IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TIME WHEN WE GO INTO CHINA THE
CHINESE AUTHORITIES BECAUSE WHEN I GO THERE I WILL CERTAINLY BE
RAISING KAMPUCHEA AS ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES OF CONCERN APART FROM OUR BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS BUT I WILL ALSO BE RAISING THIS MATTER ONCE AGAIN.
QUESTION: MR HAYDEN, KI KNOW YOU HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM OF A POSSIBLE REFUGEE OUTFLOW BUT IS IT POSSIBLE IN A GENERAL WAY TO SUGGEST WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE IF THE TRANSITION DOES
NOT GO SMOOTHLY?
MR HAYDEN: IF I WAS CONCERNED THAT THIS WAS A PROBABLITY THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED SERIOUSLY AT THIS POINT I WOULD. I DONT BELIEVE THAT THAT IS SO. I BELIEVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT IT WOULD ONLY ADD
TO INSTABILITY AND YOU WILL NOTE FROM WHAT I HAVE SAID THAT I HAVE
SOUGHT TO SHORE UP CONFIDENCE IN THIS REGION. HONG KONG WENT THROUGH
A PERIOD OF UNCERTAINTY WHICH WAS REFLECTED IN THE PLUMMETING EXCHANGE RATE. NOW THAT IS A COST THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO BEAR. ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WE DONT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF ANYTHING THAT
I SAY BECAUSE I DONT THINK IT IS JUSTIFIED IN OCCURING.
QUESTION: ARE YOU SATISFIED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION YOU
ARE RECEIVING FROM BOTH SIDES ON THE NEGOTIATIONS?
MR HAYDEN: WELL WHAT WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING HAS BEEN HELPFUL BUT
I DONT KNOW JUST HOW MUCH MORE EITHER SIDE MIGHT HAVE BUT HAS NOT
DECIDED TO TELL US. WE DONT TELL OTHER PEOPLE EVERYTHING THAT WE
KNOW. FOR INSTANCE, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW THINGS I KNOW FROM THIS
TRIP THAT I HAVENT TOLD YOU PEOPLE. UNQUOTE
HADDON-CAYE
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
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