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HONG KONG TELNO 2692: CHINESE COMPLAINT ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'S
MEETING WITH HSU SHENGFA
1.
ZHAO JIHUA (DIRECTOR, HKMAO, MFA) SUMMONED ME THIS MORNING (17 NOVEMBER) TO RECEIVE REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'S MEETING ON
3 NOVEMBER WITH HSU SHENGFA CON WHICH HE HANDED OVER A BOUT DE
PAPIER WHICH FOLLOWS BY FAX TO ALL ADDRESSEES): PENG MINGMIN'S TRANSIT OF HONG KONG: AND JOHN NI'S PUBLIC COMMENTS.
2.
ZHAO'S COMMENTS WERE IN THE SAME TERMS AS THOSE MADE BY YANG
YOUYONG REPORTED IN TUR. I REPLIED DRAWING ON THE LINE USED BY DPA IN TUR. ZHAO NOTED MY COMMENTS AND MY REAFFIRMATION OF HMG'S COMMITMENT TO ABIDING BY THE 1972 JOINT COMMUNIQUE. HE COULD NOT HOWEVER ACCEPT MY EXPLANATIONS. ALTHOUGH HSU SHENGFA WAS IN HONG
KONG AS CHAIRMAN OF THE QUOTE SO-CALLED UNQUOTE TAIWAN CHINESE
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDUSTRY THAT ORGANISATION ITSELF HAD A VERY
STRONG OFFICIAL BACKGROUND. HSU HELD A HIGH-RANKING POSITION IN
THE KMT HIERARCHY AND CONSEQUENTLY A HIGH POSITION IN TAIWAN.
THE MEETING HAD TAKEN PLACE IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE AND WAS THEREFORE OF AN OFFICIAL NATURE. ZHAO THEN REPEATED HIS EARLIER POINTS.
3.
ZHAO CONTINUED THAT CHINA WAS NOT OPPOSED TO OTHER COUNTRIES OR
REGIONS DEVELOPING NON-GOVERNMENTAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LINKS WITH
TAIWAN BUT HAD ALL ALONG OPPOSED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICIAL OR
SEMI-OFFICIAL RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN. I WELCOMED ZHAO'S ENDORSEMENT
THAT THE IMPORTANT ECONOMIC LINKS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND TAIWAN
SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. I REITERATED MY EARLIER RESPONSES.
4.
ZHAO THEN REQUESTED THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THAT HKG
WOULD NOT DEVELOP OR HAVE ANY OFFICIAL OR SEMI-OFFICIAL CONTACTS WITH THE TAIWANESE AUTHORITIES. HE STRESSED THAT THIS WAS QUOTE A HIGHLY SENSITIVE MATTER FOR THE CHINESE SIDE, ESPECIALLY AT PRESENT, UNDER THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES UNQUOTE.
ZHAO THEN ELABORATED ON JOHN NI'S STATEMENT (IN RESPONSE TO MY BEING UNSIGHTED). HE CLAIMED THAT NI HAD ATTACKED CHINA'S QUOTE
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