OCMIAN 1804
RESTRICTED
PP HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
221800Z JUL
GRS 161
RESTRICTED
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 1527
OF 221800Z JULY 86
AND TO PRIORITY PEKING
Hric
166/1
IN NESH TR
3 JUL 1986
K OFFICER
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FOLLOWING FROM WILSON, AUSS
YOUR TELNO 2380: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: PRESS COVERAGE:
PARA 6: DAYA BAY
1. FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH, I DID NOT, REPEAT NOT, SAY THAT HONG
KONG GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON DAYA BAY WOULD BE REFLECTED TO THE
CHINESE AT JLG MEETINGS.
CAUGHT BY A RADIO HONG KONG REPORTER
AT THE HKGO RECEPTION FOR THE NEW HONG KONG EXHIBITION AT THE
COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE AND ASKED WHAT REACTION WE HAD TO THE
SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN IN HONG KONG, I SAID THAT WE WOULD WAIT TO
RECEIVE REPORTS FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. ON THE JLG I
POINTED OUT THAT I WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO SAY WHAT WOULD OR
WOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED AND THAT THERE WERE MANY REGULAR CHANNELS
OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HMG AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. I AM
HOWEVER CORRECTLY QUOTED AS DENYING THAT THE BUILDING OF THE DAYA
BAY PLANT WAS IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS ON HONG
KONG'S FUTURE.
HOWE
LIMITED
HKD
FED
DR WILSON
RESTRICTED
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