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Some reports noted that Mr Qian had expressed his great dissatisfaction with Britain that groups which organised anti-communist activities had been allowed to operate in K.
The media (30.9) gave good coverage to a joint communique issued after the 13th round of 16 salku.
In the joint communique, both sides said that they had a frank exchange of views on a wide range of topics. They believed that the genuine implementation of the Joint Declaration was the fundamental safeguard to HK's long-term prosperity and stability. They reiterated that they would abide by the Joint Declaration. The next round of talks would be held on December 5 in UK.
Speaking after the meeting, senior representative of the Chinese team on the JLG Ke Zaishuo said that a lot of problems had arisen during the suspension of talks between the two sides.
Mr Ke said that there were still differences on some questions concerning the basic principles and that more exchanges were needed. He pointed out that some abnomalities had arisen between Sino-British celetions.
He said that anti-Communist China activities must be stopped in On China's policies towards HK, he said that Chinese leaders had ceiterated that China's policies towards HK would not be changed.
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Senior representative of the British team on the JLG Robin McLaren described the meeting as very unusual. He said that both sides had a frank exchange of views. He said that the British Government had clearly indicated their attitude towards the question of HK's future. He said that the most important thing now was to perfect the Basic Law and that the drafters should carefully consider HK people's views.
Quoting a British official who had attended the last round of JLG talks, the Oriental Daily News' London correspondent Rosemary Langford (1.10) reported that Britain did not consider that HK had become an anti-communist base as what Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen had described in his address to the UN General Assembly.
The British official hoped that China would respect the freedoms of human rights under HK laws because they were very important to HK's stability and prosperity,
William Eheman
Political Adviser William Ehrman said that the British Government would continue to firmly and calmly discuss with the Chinese Government the stationing of Chinese troops in the SAR after 1997 and the pace of democratic development, the media (2.10) reported. He said that the British Government would achieve these aims through diplomatic. channels.
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