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PRESS COVERAGE: VISIT OF HU YAOBANG
YOUR TELNO. 1134.
PROMINENT MEDHA COVERAGE WAS GHNEN TO THE VISIT TO BRINTAHN BY
THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, HU YAOBANG.
2. BEFORE MR. HU ARRIVED IN BRITAIN THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO
BRITAHIN,'
‚‹ HU DINGYM,” WROTE IN THE WEN WER PO (6/6) THAT HU YAOBANG'S
WISIT WOULD OPEN A NEW CHAPTER IN SNO-BRITISH RELATIONS. FCO
OFFICIALS WERE QUOTED IN THE ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS AS SAYING THE TALKS BETWEEN MR. HU AND BRITISH OFFICIALS WOULD FOCUS ON TRADE CO-OPERATION AND THAT THE HONG KONG QUESTION WOULD NOT (NOT)
BE AN IMPORTANT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
3. AGENCY REPORTS (9/6), ALSO QUOTHING FCO OFFICIALS, SAHID MR. HỤ WOULD DISCUSS THE PROGRESS MADE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SINNO-
BRITISH JOINT DECLARATHON WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER MRS. THATCHER.
4. ON ARRIVAL AT HEATHROW AIRPORT MR. HU WAS QUOTED AS SAYING
THAT THE SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT OF HONG KONG'S FUTURE HAD HELPED
TO FORGE CLOSER THES BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA.
5. QUOTING AGENCY REPORTS FROM LONDON, PAPERS REPORTED THAT DURING THE TWO-HOUR MEETING ON 9/6/86 BETWEEN HU YAOBANG AND MRS. THATCHER, THE TRANSFER OF HONG KONG'S SOVEREIGNTY TO CHINA HN 1997, THE BILATERAL ARRANGEMENTS ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE AND MEASURES TO PROMOTE
SINO-BRITISH TRADE WERE DISCUSSED. ON 10/6 SNG PAO AND HONG KONG
DAILY NEWS REPORTED DIPLOMATIC SOURCES AS SAYING THE POLITICAL
SYSTEM, THE POWERS OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE SAR AND THE
STATIONING OF TROOPS IN HONG KONG MIGHT BE DISCUSSED BY OFFICIALS
FROM BOTH GOVERNMENTS DURING MR. HU'S VISIT.
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