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TELNO 2022
OF 170533Z NOVEMBER 89
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG
UKREP JLG TELNO 248.
010777
MDHIAN 4992
HKB
020/23
JESTION: PRESS LINE.
INTERNATIONALISATION OF THE HONG KONG QUESTION
PARA 2 THIRD TIRET. GIVEN CHINESE SENSITIVITY OVER SOVEREIGNTY, WE CONSIDER THERE WOULD BE SOME RISK THAT THE WORDS ''ANXIOUS TO GAIN INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND ACCEPTANCE FOR'' MIGHT BE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT AND MISREPRESENTED BY THE CHINESE SIDE BECAUSE OF THE LEGAL OVERTONES OF ''RECOGNITION''. WE SUGGEST REPLACING THE WORDS IN QUESTION WITH WORKING TO GAIN DUE INTERNATIONAL CREDIT FOR THIS ACHIEVEMENT IN ESTABLISHING THE FOUNDATION OF''.
OTHERWISE WE ARE CONTENT.
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