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HONG KONG TELNO 3335 AND PEKING TELNO 1797: THE US/HK POLICY ACT 1991 (THE MCCONNELL BILL)
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SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS (AND THOSE OF COPY ADDRESSEES) WE
AGREE THAT HONG KONG SHOULD SPEAK TO THE US CONSULATE-GENERAL ON THE LINES SET OUT IN FIRST TUR. WE WOULD WOULD PREFER THE CONSULATE NOT TO ATTRIBUTE THESE INFORMAL VIEWS TO HKG/HMG IN
THEIR REPORT.
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1. WE HAVE NOW GONE THROUGH THE TEXT OF THE MCCONNELL BILL AND
HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS ON POINTS OF DETAIL. RATHER THAN PUT
THESE IN A LETTER (WHICH MIGHT SUBSEQUENTLY BE QUOTED) WE INTEND TO ARRANGE A MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE U.S. CONSULATE
GENERAL TO DISCUSS THEM. THEY HAVE REPEATEDLY PRESSED US FOR
VIEWS WHICH THEY COULD INCORPORATE IN THEIR OWN REPORT, NOT NECESSARILY ATTRIBUTING THEM TO US IF WE SO PREFERRED.
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2. WE ARE FAXING TO HKD A LIST OF POINTS ON WHICH THIS DISCUSSION
WOULD BE BASED.
3. TUR SUGGESTED THAT WE SHOULD LIMIT OUR COMMENTS TO POINTING
OUT ANY DISCREPANCIES IN THE BILL'S REFERENCES TO OR QUOTATIONS FROM THE JOINT DECLARATION. BUT WE THINK THAT WE SHOULD MAKE TWO GENERAL POINTS AS WELL. ONE IS TO WARN THE AMERICANS OF THE
DANGER OF THE CHINESE SERIOUSLY MISUNDERSTANDING THE BILL. THEY
ARE CLEARLY VERY SUSPICIOUS OF IT ALREADY. NCNA HERE HAVE COMPARED IT, IN CONTACTS WITH US, TO THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT. THE OTHER POINT IS TO URGE CAUTION OVER THE REPORTING PROVISION.
THE CHINESE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY SEE IT AS GROSS INTERFERENCE POST- 1997. (PRE-1997 IT WOULD PROVIDE A STICK TO BEAT US WITH, WHICH IS OF COURSE NOT SOMETHING THAT ATTRACTS US.)
4. PUBLICLY, WE AGREE THAT IT IS BEST TO OFFER NO COMMENT, OR SIMPLY TO SAY THAT THIS IS A MATTER FOR CONGRESS.
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