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FM PEKING
TO TELELETTER F C O
17 JUL 1990
it lasts.
TELELETTER FILE REFERENCE 020/393/1419.
OF 060103Z DECEMBER 89
AND TO TELELETTER HONG KONG, ÜKREP. JLG HONG KONG
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6/12
FROM
FILE REFERENCE
FOLLOWING FOR
COPIED TO
SC RIORDAN, CHANCERY, PEKING
: 020/393/19 DATED 6 DECEMBER 1989
:
MS PAMELA MAJOR, H K D, F CO
: RAJ BUNTEN ESQ, APA (G), HONG KONG
MRS E BOSHER, G D B, HONG KONG
GH LEICESTER ESQ, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
THE B2175H Position ON THE
RETURN
OF
CHINESE MEDIA REPORTS ON THE FAC ENQUIRY.
1 NCNA ON 1 DECEMBER CARRIED THE FOLLOWING REPORT :
QUOTE : THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SAID TODAY IN A WHITE PAPER THAT IT
WILL CONTINUE DIALOGUE WITH CHINA ON HONG KONG, DUE TO RETURN TO CHINESE RULE IN 1997.
ACCORDING TO THE WHITE PAPER, THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS OF NO SERIOUS ARGUMENT THAT PROSPECTS FOR HONG KONG WOULD BE BETTER IF
THE 1984 SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION ON HANDING IT OVER TO CHINA WAS ABANDONED.
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TO TEAR UP OR RENEGE THE JOINT DECLARATION AND TO BREAK OFF NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA IS NOT AN OPTION'' THE PAPER SAID.
THE WHITE PAPER ALSO DEFENDED THE GOVERNMENT'S ARRANGEMENTS FOR SENDING BACK BOAT PEOPLE TO VIETNAM. UNQUOTE.
2. THE PEOPLE'S DAILY COVERSEAS EDITION) ON 4 DECEMBER CARRIED A SIMILAR REPORT, ADDING THAT THE WHITE PAPER ALSO ARGUED IN FAVOUR OFVVBPS TO VIETNAM, SAYING THAT THIS POSITION HAD ACHIEVED THE APPROVAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
3. SO FAR WE HAVE SEEN NO (NO) OTHER REPORTS IN THE CHINESE MEDIA ABOUT THE PUBLICATON OF THE WHITE PAPER, NOR ANY COMMENT ON ITS COMMENTS.
4. I AM COPYING THIS TELELETTER TO R AJ BUNTEN ESQ APA(G), MRS E BOSHER G D B, HONG KONG AND G H LEICESTER ESQ UKREP JLG HONG KONG.
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