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FROM R J T MCLAREN POLITICAL ADVISER HONG KONG
FILE NO SGD 3/10 DATED 7 NOVEMBER 1983
FOLLOWING FOR R D CLIFT ESQONG KONG DEPARTMENT FCO
COPIED TO SUR D MURRAY KCVO CMG STOCKHOLM
A C GALSWORTHY ESQ PEKING
FUTURE OF HONG KONG : SWEDEN
THE
1. THE SWEDISH CONSUL-GENERAL BROUGHT MR LENNART DAFGARD, UNDER-SECRETARY RESPONSIBLE FOR ASIA NN THE SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTRY TO SEE ME TODAY. DAFGARD WAS PASSING THROUGH HONG KONG AS PART OF AN ASIAN TOUR LINKED WITH HIS MINISTER'S FORTHCOMING VISITS TO CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION.
2. MN THE COURSE OF CONVERSATION DAFGARD SAID THAT THE SUBJECT OF HONG KONG HAD COME UP WHEN VICE MINISTER YAO GUANG VISITED STOCKHOLM AS PART OF HIS SCANDINAVIAN TOUR IN SEPTEMBER. THERE HAD BEEN SOME MENTION OF THE SUBJECT IN THE FORMAL TALKS AND RATHER MORE OVER DINNER. FROM WHAT DADGARD SAID, YAO GUANG GAVE A STANDARD EXPOSITION OF THE CHINESE POSITION ON SOVEREIGNTY AND ADMINISTRATION, AND OF THE CHINESE PLAN FOR HONG KONG AFTER 1997. HE ALSO LEFT THE SWEDES WITH THE HMPRESSION (WHICH SUSPECT WAS MISTAKEN) THAT THERE S SOME LINK MIN CHINESE MINDS BETWEEN THE CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS FOR THE EXISTING SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES AND THAT FOR FUTURE SPECIAL
ADMIN STRATIVE REGIONS.
3.
REPORT THMS ONLY BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A FURTHER EXAMPLE OF THE WAY HIN WHICH THE CHINESE TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THEIR POSITION TO THIRD PARTIES.
SIGNED R J T MCLAREN
HKD
Psee Pass сом то Stocкносит
DONE "CM 15/11
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