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TO DESKBY 141230Z FCO TELNO 135
OF 14113OZ JANUARY 91
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
MIPT: THE WAY AHEAD
1. MACLEOD'S STATEMENT AT THE AIRPORT ON 13 JANUARY WAS AS FOLLOWS:
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I OUTLINED TO YOU YESTERDAY THE MAIN POINTS WHICH OUR SIDE MADE DURING THE 2ND ROUND OF EXPERT TALKS ON THE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS RELATED TO THE NEW AIRPORT. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AGREED THAT DISCUSSIONS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS. I HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF REPORTS ON THE TALKS THIS MORNING, NOT ALL OF THEM ACCURATE. SO LET ME MAKE CLEAR TWO THINGS. OUR REACTION TO THE POINTS PUT TO US BY THE CHINESE SIDE WAS AS I DESCRIBED YESTERDAY NO MORE, NOR LESS. (COMMENT: THIS POINT WAS PUT IN TO DEAL WITH AN ASSERTION BY LUO THAT WE HAD REACTED COMPARATIVELY FAVOURABLY TO THE CHINESE DEMANDS.) SECONDLY, AS THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG WITH CLEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG UP UNTIL 1997, WE SEE IT AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR TASK TO BE WORKING AND BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE LONG-TERM PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG, AND PART OF THAT IS TO GET ON WITH BUILDING KEY TRANSPORT LINKS SUCH AS A MODERN AIRPORT IN GOOD TIME. THIS IS OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE TO HONG KONG'S FUTURE PROSPERITY.
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