UNCLASSIFIED
FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 69
OF 27025OZ JULY 90
INFO ROUTINE LUSAKA, F C O
CO
UNCLASSIFIED
HAB 026/7 Нав
Ri..
VERY
1990
128
005354
MDLIAN 8880
HONG KONG TELNO 1 TO LUSAKA AND LUSAKA TELNO 2 TO HONG KONG :
VISIT TO HONG KONG BY THE ZAMBIAN PRIME MINISTER.
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1. WE HAVE LITTLE TO ADD TO LUSAKA TUR. ZAMBIAN EMBASSY APPEARS
FULLY OCCUPIED WITH THE VISIT AND IS NOT ANSWERING THE PHONE.
CHINESE PRESS COVERAGE HAS BEEN ON STANDARD LINES. VICE PRESIDENT WANG ZHEN AT HIS MEETING WITH MASHEKE DESCRIBED CHINA AND ZAMBIA AS 'ALL WEATHER FRIENDS APPARENTLY A PHRASE USED BY PRESIDENT KAUNDA, AND REFERRED TO THE PROFOUND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES FOSTERED BY MAO ZEDONG, ZHOU ENLAI AND KAUNDA. MASHEKE SAID THAT ZAMBIA AND CHINA WOULD ALWAYS REMAIN FRIENDS AND THAT THE SITUATION IN CHINA WAS STABLE. VICE PREMIER WU
XUEQIAN IN A SEPARATE MEETING WITH MASHEKE SAID THAT CHINA WILL
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE JUST STRUGGLE OF THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA ''UNTIL THEIR FINAL VICTORY'': AND ADDED THAT THE DAY OF COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT WAS NOT FAR AWAY.
COATES
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
48
MINIMAL
HKD
FED
CAFD
NNNN
DISTRIBUTION
48
INFO D
NEWS D
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