CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2183
OF 0106OOZ JULY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
HKB 020/TEE.6
88*
06-5030
MDHIAN 1582
الله
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RESIDENT CLERK PLEASE PASS TO HEAD OF HKD AND TO PS TO SECRETARY OF STATE BEFORE DEPARTURE
PEKING TELNO 1273: HK AND SINO/BRITISH RELATIONS
1. MY INITIAL IMPRESSION IS THAT GUO FENGMIN'S APPROACH, ALTHOUGH WOODEN AND ADMONITORY IN TONE, WAS LESS SHARP THAN IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. IT OMITS CERTAIN POINTS WHICH THE CHINESE MIGHT WELL HAVE RAISED IF THEY WANTED TO PUT NEW A PARTICULARLY HARSH MESSAGE.
? ALLIANCE IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY. GENERALLY GUO SEEMS TO HAVE PUT
CONSIDERABLE EMPHASIS ON REASSURANCE ON THE LINES OF JI PENGFEI'S TELEVISION STATEMENT, ALTHOUGH THE WARNING THAT MACAU AND HK SHOULD NOT BECOME BASES FOR THE SUBVERSION OF THE CPG IS CLEAR ENOUGH.
2. COMMENTS ON SPECIFIC POINTS RAISED BY GUO ARE AS FOLLOWS.
(A) SECURITY OF THE NCNA AND OTHERS PRC AGENCIES.
THE POSITION IS PRECISELY THAT TAKEN BY HMA PEKING. WE HAD SOME EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN BY THE NCNA ABOUT THEIR SAFETY SOON AFTER 4
JUNE. ALL WERE PASSED TO THE POLICE AND EFFECTIVE ACTION WAS
TAKEN. THE CHINESE HAVE NOT COMPLAINED RECENTLY. XU JIATUN TOLD ME ON 5 JUNE THAT HE WAS CONTENT WITH SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS.
(B) CLAIM THAT HK OFFICIALS HAD OFFERED SHELTER TO CHINESE IIS SEEK-
ING SHELTER IN HK.
THIS APPEARS TO BE A DISTORTION OF REMARKS MADE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE
IN LONDON BY SECRETARY FOR SECURITY ON 9 JUNE WHEN HE SAID THAT SUCH MATTERS WOULD BE HANDLED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. HE DID NOT (NOT) OFFER SHELTER OR SAY ANYTING TO ENCOURAGE IIS TO SEEK ASYLUM.
(C) KMT ACTIVITIES.
SOME KMT FLAGS WERE CARRIED IN RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS INCLUDING THOSE IN FRONT OF THE NCNA OFFICE. SUCH CASES HAVE NOT BEEN FREQUENT AND
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