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CONTINUE TO ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JD/BL AND OTHER BILATERAL UNDERSTANDINGS TO GUARANTEE HK'S SMOOTH TRANSITION.
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REPORTS NOTED (9.1) A HKMAO SPOKESMAN DISMISSED A REPORT IN THE UNITED DAILY NEWS ABOUT SECRET TALKS HELD BETWEEN THE BRITISH
AND CHINESE SIDES ON HK'S POLITICAL REFORMS AND THE AIRPORT. THE SPOKESMAN SAID ANY TALKS HAD TO BE HELD ON THE BASIS OF THE BL AFTER WITHDRAWAL OF THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS. WAH KIU YAT PO NOTED A FCO SPOKESMAN AND AN OFFICIAL OF THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN
PEKING ALSO DENIED ANY SECRET MEETINGS HAD BEEN HELD.
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REPORTS (11.1) NOTED LU PING SAID IN PEKING SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS ON THE HONG KONG QUESTION WERE AT A LOW EBB AND UNDER SUCH AN ATMOSPHERE, OFFICIAL CONTACTS WOULD BE AFFECTED. MR LU STRESSED AFTER THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO PEKING, BRITAIN AND CHINA HAD NO DISCUSSIONS ON THE QUESTION OF POLITICAL REFORMS. HE INDICATED, HOWEVER, THE PRESENT NON-CO-OPERATION BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA WOULD ONE DAY BE RESOLVED. HE SAID HE WOULD NOT COME TO HONG KONG PRIOR TO THE RESOLUTION OF THE DISPUTE. ON THE THROUGH TRAIN, MR LU CLARIFIED IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE WHOLE TRAIN AND NOT JUST PART OF IT TO GO THROUGH 1997. IT WAS NOTED THE HONG KONG MAO VICE-DIRECTOR WANG QIREN EXPRESSED OPTIMISM ON HONG KONG'S ECONOMY. MR WANG SAID IF THERE HAD NOT BEEN THE 'THREE VIOLATIONS' HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COULD HAVE DONE EVEN BETTER.
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REPORTS NOTED (12.1.93) NCNA VICE-DIRECTOR ZHENG JUNSHENG TOLD NEWSWEEK IN AN INTERVIEW THAT IF THE GOVERNOR DID NOT WITHDRAW HIS POLITICAL REFORM PROPOSALS. THERE WOULD BE GREAT
DIFFICULTY IN SINO-BRITISH CO-OPERATION ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG, AND IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE CHINESE SIDE TO CONCEDE. MR ZHENG INDICATED THE DISPUTE WAS NOT ABOUT WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE DEMOCRACY IN HONG KONG, BUT WHETHER SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS SHOULD BE ADHERED TO. JIANG ZEMIN AT AN ADDRESS TO CCP VETERANS WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THE CHINESE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 'PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION' AND 'ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS' PRINCIPLES, HAD ACTIVELY BEGUN WORK AND ACHIEVED NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA/TAIWAN AND CHINA/HONG KONG RELATIONS. PRESENTLY, NEW PROBLEMS EMERGED AS REGARDS HONG KONG AND TAIWAN. MR JIANG SAID WHATEVER HAPPENED, CHINA WOULD FIRMLY SAFEGUARD ITS SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY. IT WOULD GUARANTEE HONG
KONG WOULD RETURN TO ITS MOTHERLAND IN 1997 WITH A SMOOTH TRANSITION AND MAINTAIN HONG KONG'S LONG TERM PROSPERITY AND STABILITY. LU PING, WHEN MEETING A VISITING DELEGATION OF THE
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