3. DON ANDERSON, DIRECTOR FOR CHINA IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT, ELABORATED FOR ME ON DISCUSSION OF HONG KONG BETWEEN SHULTZ AND
THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER LAST WEEK (MY TELELETTER TO COX REFERS).
ANDERSON SAID THAT IN THE COURSE OF A FAIRLY MODERATE EXPOSITION
THE CHINESE ATTITUDE TOWARDS TAIWAN, WU HAD SPOKEN AT SOME
LENGTH ON HONG KONG, LINKING THE TWO ISSUES AND STRESSING THAT DENG
XIAOPING'S STATEMENTS ON TAIWAN AND HONG KONG WERE OF PARTICULAR
IMPORTANCE AND SHOULD BE STUDIED CAREFULLY. HE SAID THAT CHINA'S
DEMANDS ON SOVEREIGNTY WERE NON-NEGOTIABLE AND DESCRIBED THE
FUTURE OF HONG KONG UNDER CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY IN STANDARD TERMS:
AS A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, HONG KONG WOULD MAINTAIN
EXISTING FREEDOMS. HONG KONG AND TAIWAN WERE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF
CHINA. THERE WAS NO PRECEDENT IN HISTORY FOR HAVING TWO SOCIAL
SYSTEMS UNDER ONE STATE. BUT CHINA HAD MADE THAT DECISION IN THE
INTERESTS OF STABILITY AND PROSPERITY IN THE REGION. WITH REGARD
TO HONG KONG, CHINA HAD DISCARDED OTHER MEANS WHICH IT COULD
HAVE EMPLOYED. THE QUESTION WAS PRIMARILY A MATTER OF TRUST
WHETHER THE OUTSIDE WORLD BELIEVED CHINA WOULD STICK TO ITS POLICY.
(ANDERSON CONFIRMED THAT WU HAD SAID THAT). HE HOPED THE US WOULD
STUDY THE CHINESE POSITION CAREFULLY. ANDERSON SAID THAT IN
REPLY, SHULTZ HAD MADE NO MORE THAN A BLAND STATEMENT OF US INTEREST
IN THE CONTINUED STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG.
SIGNED S J GOMERSALL
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