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TELNO 2597
OF 301056Z OCTOBER 92
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
005673
MDHIAN 5617
YRTELNO 1541: CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: COMMENTS BY LU PING
1. WE HAVE CHECKED THE WEN WEI PO ARTICLE (RELEVANT EXTRACT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION BEING FAXED TO RICKETTS, HKD). IT SEEMS TO US THAT THE TRANSLATION IN THE TIMES IS NOT ACCURATE.
2. THE CHINESE TEXT, AS PUBLISHED IN WEN WEI PO, REFERS TO 'XIAN LI HOU BING'. 'LI' MEANS 'REASON'. THE LITERAL MEANING OF 'BING' ARE SOLDIER' AND 'FORCE'. HOWEVER, WHEN INTERPRETED IN THE CONTEXT OF LU PING'S SPEECH, 'BING' IS A FIGURATIVE DESCRIPTION AND SHOULD MEAN 'CONFRONTATION'. THE REMARKS ARE THEREFORE NOT/NOT AS INFLAMMATORY AS IT MAY APPEAR TO BE.
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MAIN
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HKD
PUSD
FED
63
DISTRIBUTION
72
PLANNERS
RAD
PS
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT
.AND MS BROOKS
NEWS D
PS/MR GOODLAD
SIR J COLES
MR APPLEYARD
MR HUM
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9
CAOFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE
CAOFF//MISS NEVILLE-JONES
CAOFF //MR SIBSON
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CAOFF//MS D CORNER
CAOFF//MR CHARLTON
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