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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, OSLO INFO PRIORITY HELSINKI, STOCKHOLM, UKREP BRUSSELS, ACTOR
YOUR TELNO 181 TO STOCKHOLM: VISIT OF CHINESE VICE-PREMIER TO SCANDINAVIA
SUMMARY
1.
DANISH FOREIGN MINISTER RAISES HONG KONG WITH ZHU RONGJI.
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WE SUGGESTED TO THE MFA ON 18 NOVEMBER THAT DANISH MINISTERS
MIGHT CONSIDER SPEAKING TO THE CHINESE VICE-PREMIER ON THE LINES
INDICATED IN TUR. THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT CONCERNED HAS NOW TOLD
US THAT ELLEMANN-JENSEN SPOKE FORCEFULLY TO ZHU TODAY. IN
RESPONSE THE LATTER HAD TAKEN A VERY UNCOMPROMISING LINE. ZHU
SAID THE BRITISH WERE IN BREACH OF AGREEMENTS, AND THAT MATTERS OF PRINCIPLE WERE INVOLVED. THE CHINESE OBJECTED TO THE WAY THE
GOVERNOR HAD PUT FORWARD HIS PROPOSALS IN PUBLIC.
ELLEMANN-JENSEN APPEALED TO THE CHINESE TO SHOW FLEXIBILITY AND
SEEK A SOLUTION IN DISCUSSION WITH THE BRITISH.
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