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22. THE PAPERS REPORTED (17.6) IN GOOD COVERAGE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF DATES FOR JLG XXVI. QUOTING SOURCES, MANY PAPERS REPORTED CONTAINER TERMINAL 9 AND MILITARY LAND WOULD BE ON THE AGENDA. HK ECONOMIC JOURNAL QUOTED SIR CHARLES POWELL AS SAYING IN LONDON HE WAS CONFIDENT THE CT9 PROJECT WOULD ULTIMATEY GAIN CHINESE SUPPORT. HK COMMERCIAL DAILY NOTED A CHINESE SOURCE AS DECLINING TO COMMENT ON WHETHER THE ON-GOING CONSTITUTIONAL TALKS WOULD AFFECT THE WORK OF THE JLG.
23. IN RESPONSE TO ENQUIRY WHETHER FCO LOCAL SPOKESMAN'S RECENT REMARKS ON THE SEVEN SETS OF DIPLOMATIC LETTERS WOULD POSE OBSTACLES TO THE TALKS, MFA SPOKESMAN WU JIANGMIN SAID (18.6) THEY WERE AGREEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS REACHED BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES ON HK'S POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT THAT FORMED ONE OF THE 'THREE CONFORMITIES' ON WHICH TALKS WERE BASED.
JARDINE
24. SIR CHARLES POWELL'S MEETINGS WITH JIANG ENZHU, WANG QIREN AND CHEN ZUO'ER WERE NOTED (15.6). MING PAO QUOTED CHINESE SOURCES AS SAYING THE CHINESE SIDE HAD REQUESTED JARDINE TO USE ITS INFLUENCE TO MAKE THE BRITISH SIDE COOPERATE WITH THE CHINESE SIDE IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL TALKS. SIR CHARLES HOWEVER DECLINED TO VERIFY THIS REPORT. HE SAID JARDINE WAS ONLY CONCERNED WITH BUSINESS ACTIVITIES NOT POLITICS. THE CHINESE SIDE ALSO HOPED JARDINE WOULD CONTINUE TO INVEST IN CHINA AND HK AFTER 1997. THE CHINESE SOURCE INDICATED THE VISIT SIGNIFIED A RESUMPTION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND JARDINE, BUT CHINA WOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE ACTIONS OF JARDINE.
25. BOTH MING PAO AND WAH KIU YAT PO REPORTED (15.6) SIR CHARLES POWELL HAD RAISED CT9. THE PAPER QUOTED SOURCES AS SAYING THE CHINESE SIDE CONSIDERED THE BRITISH SIDE SHOULD EXPLAIN THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE AWARD WAS APPROVED. WAH KIU YAT PO QUOTED CHINESE SOURCES AS SAYING THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD SHORTLY MAKE AN ECONOMIC MOVE THAT WOULD BENEFIT BRITAIN AND FACILITATE THE
TALKS.
WANG QIREN
26. THE STANDARD REPORTED (18.6) HKMAO DEPUTY DIRECTOR WANG QIREN AND FIRST DIVISION CHIEF CHEN ZUO'ER WOULD BE IN HK FOR A ONE-WEEK VISIT FROM 5 JULY. A PEKING SOURCE SAID THEY WOULD BE GUESTS OF THE
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