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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1821
OF 061022Z JUNE 9
DESK OFFIC
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
Mr Store
MY TELNO 1789: STATUE OF DEMOCRACY
1. DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER TELEPHONED NCNA (SHU JIANPING) THIS AFTERNOON AND REFERRED TO THE STATUE ABOUT WHICH YANG YOUYONG HAD CALLED ON TWO OCCASIONS RECENTLY. HE SAID THAT YESTERDAY THE CONSIGNEE HAD TOLD CUSTOMS THAT HE WISHED TO SHIP THE STATUE BACK TO TAIWAN. THIS MORNING HE HAD GONE TO THE GODOWN ACCOMPANIED BY CUSTOMS OFFICERS. THEY HAD EXAMINED THE STATUE AND AT THE CONSIGNEE'S REQUEST PACKED IT IN ITS CONTAINER. IT WAS THEN RELEASED INTO THE CONSIGNEE'S POSSESSION.
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2. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE STATUE WILL BE SENT BACK TO TAIWAN. DPA WAS CAREFUL NOT TO SAY ANY PROMISE OR UNDERTAKING TO THAT EFFECT HAD BEEN GIVEN PRIOR TO OUR RELEASING THE STATUE. HOWEVER, MR WU MENG-WU ITS OWNER (WHO HAS HIMSELF LEFT HONG KONG) HAS SAID PUBLICLY THAT HE WAS GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO TAIWAN.
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