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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 3237
OF 02140OZ SEPTEMBER 88
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, WASHINGTON
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MY TELNO 3152: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG: US GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS
AS RECORDED IN TUR I RAISED THIS WITH THE US CONSUL-GENERAL ON 28 AUGUST. HE HAS NOW TOLD ME (AS OF COURSE WE KNEW) THAT HIS COPY OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT RECORD MERELY SAYS THAT WHITEHEAD NOTED THAT THE ATTITUDE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT APPEARED TO BE CHANGING AND SAID THAT THIS (QUOTE) WAS OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE US (UNQUOTE). XU RESPONDED THAT THIS WAS ALSO OF CONCERN TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT BUT NOTED THAT AS LONG AS HONG KONG WAS UNDER BRITISH ADMINISTRATION DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, HE DID NOT FEEL IT APPROPRIATE TO COMMENT.
2. ANDERSON IS RETURNING TO WASHINGTON ON 17 SEPTEMBER FOR CONSULTATIONS. HE HAS SAID THAT HE WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EMPHASIZE TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT THE IMPORTANCE OF AVOIDING ANY INFERENCE BY US OFFICIALS THAT THE PRC SHOULD IN ANYWAY ADMIT TO INTERVENE IN THE AFFAIRS OF HONG KONG.
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