CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO TELELETTER WASHINGTON
CONFIDENTIAL
REC.
MWB 091/L
TU JA" 1993
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TELELETTER NFR
IN
OF 15040OZ JANUARY 93
AND TO TELELETTER FCO, PEKING
M. Recher Dice
181.
8811
1) PA
FROM:
FOR:
THE RT.HON.CHRISTOPHER PATTEN
GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG.
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SIR R.RENWICK KCMG,
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056414
MDTTAN 4511
AMBASSADOR, WASHINGTON.
COPIED TO: C.0.HUM ESQ, CMG, AUS, FCO.
SIR R.J.T. MCLAREN KCMG, AMBASSADOR, PEKING.
HONG KONG/MFN/CHINA.
1.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TELELETTER OF 5 JANUARY 1993 ON YOUR
CONVERSATION WITH HENRY KISSINGER.
2.
I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO KISSINGER FOR THE HELPFUL THINGS HE
SAID TO THE CHINESE. PLEASE CONVEY MY THANKS TO HIM WHEN YOU NEXT
TALK TO HIM.
3.
AS REGARDS YOUR PARAGRAPH 4, I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL IF KISSINGER COULD TELL THE CHINESE ON SUITABLE OCCASIONS IN FUTURE
THAT ANY SUSPICION THEY MAY HAVE ABOUT MY MOTIVE IN LOBBYING FOR MFN RENEWAL IS GROUNDLESS, THAT IT IS NECESSARY FOR ME TO GET INVOLVED PERSONALLY BECAUSE OF THE SUBJECT'S ENORMOUS IMPORTANCE
FOR HONG KONG, THAT I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT IT WOULD BE CONTRARY
TO HONG KONG'S INTERESTS FOR THERE TO BE ANY LINK BETWEEN THE
FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND MEN RENEWAL, AND THAT THEREFORE I GENUINELY DO NOT WISH TO SEE ANY LINKAGE BETWEEN MY POLITICAL
PACKAGE AND THE MFN ISSUE.
4.
I HOPE THAT COMING FROM KISSINGER, WHOM THEY APPARENTLY RESPECT, IF NOT TRUST, THIS MESSAGE MIGHT HELP TO REMOVE AT LEAST ONE OF THE MISAPPREHENSIONS UNDER WHICH THE CHINESE ARE LABOURING.
SIGNED: CHRISTOPHER PATTEN
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