UNCLASSIFIED
FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELNO 1311
90
UNCLASSIFIED
HKC 182 12
RELE
0 20CT 1990
Q DIST?
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140
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OFF210154Z SEPTEMBER KONG, UKREP WG HONG KONG
139
MY TELNO 1310: MFA SPOKESWOMAN'S REMARKS ON PADS
1.
Better
news!
THE CHINESE TEXT OF THE SPOKESWOMAN'S REMARKS ON PADS APPEARED IN THE ''PEOPLE'S DAILY'' OF 21 SEPTEMBER. FROM THAT, WE THINK A MORE ACCURATE VERSION OF THE PENULTIMATE SENTENCE IN TUR WOULD BE
CHINA WOULD ONLY MAKE KNOWN ITS POSITION AFTER IT HAD RECEIVED NECESSARY MATERIAL FROM THE BRITISH SIDE, HAD CLARIFIED THE SITUATION AND AFTER EXPERTS HAD APPRAISED THAT MATERIAL'' (IE NO REFERENCE IS MADE TO NEGOTIATIONS'',
DONALD
12/5
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
26
.PADS
LIMITED
HKD
COMED
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
DISTRIBUTION
30
MR BAYNE
MR MCLAREN
MR MILES
MR BURNS
ADDITIONAL
4
MR ADAMS, PEP DTI VIC ST MR ROGERS PEP DTI VIC ST MR GALLAHER PEP DTI VIC ST
MR MEADWAY DT2 DTI VIC ST
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