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COMMENTS BY PHILIP BOWRING
DATE: 2 February 1987
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Very helpful. Please + Mircea tovare, Hokozo
relut to be.
1.
In his minute to you dated 23 January Sir David Wilson asked
for background on the 1979 events which were the subject of comments
by Philip Bowring when interviewed on the BBC World Service on 19
od
January.
2.
I attach:
ty
A
(a)
the record of Lord MacLehose's conversation with Deng, 29
March 1979;
2
B
(b)
c (c)
D
(a)
E
(e)
3.
Hong Kong's telegram No 445 giving Lord MacLehose's opening
statement to a press conference on his return from China to
Hong Kong, 6 April 1979 (not January);
the record of questions and answers at the same press
conference;
the New China News Agency report of Hua Guofeng's press
conference 7 October 1979;
Hong Kong's telegram No. 1387 of 8 October 1979 giving the line to be taken in responding to enquiries about
Hua Guofeng's statement
As you will see. there was some discussion between Deng and
Lord MacLehose about the New Territories lease (paragraphs 9 - 10 of
(a)) as well as about the question of land leases in the New Territories (paragraph 4)、 At his press conference Lord MacLehose
replied to a question whether the New Territories lease was brought up by saying that the visit was not an appropriate occasion for
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