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FM HONG KONG
TELNO 55
OF 130751Z JANUARY 93
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: CHINESE STANCE: PRESS REPORT
1.
YOU MAY WISH TO NOTE, FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH, A REPORT IN TODAY'S SING TAO DAILY WHICH QUOTED A CHINESE SOURCE AS SAYING THAT THE CURRENT SINO-BRITISH ROW ON HONG KONG'S POLITICAL REFORMS COULD HOPEFULLY BE RESOLVED BEFORE APRIL. THE CHINESE SIDE WERE NO LONGER INSISTING THAT WE SHOULD WITHDRAW OUR PROPOSALS: AND THE MOST VIABLE SOLUTION WAS FOR EXCO TO AMEND THE PROPOSALS. BOTH CHINA AND BRITAIN WOULD THUS HAVE MADE CONCESSIONS TO EACH OTHER. ON THE SETTING UP OF A 'SEPARATE STOVE', THE SOURCE SAID THIS WAS JUST A PRECAUTION AGAINST OTHER CONSPIRACIES.
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MAIN
.HK POLICY
HKD
PUSD
FED
64
DISTRIBUTION
65
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LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT
./MS BROOKS AND MR GILES NEWS D
PS/MR GOODLAD
SIR J COLES
MR HUM
ADDITIONAL
1
HO//B4DIV MR C KELLEY
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