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KONG DURING THEIR MEETING ON 26 SEPTEMBER (MY TELNO 1332). SIR E HEATH ALSO CALLED ON JIANG ZEMIN (ON THE EVENING OF 28 SEPTEMBER) AND SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THAT HE WOULD BE SEEING THE GOVERNOR IN HONG KONG WHEN HE LEFT CHINA ON 1 OCTOBER. JIANG DID NOT USE THE OCCASION TO MAKE ANY WARNING NOISES ABOUT HONG KONG, BUT I WOULD NOT DRAW ANY COMFORT FROM THAT. LU PING ONLY RETURNED TO PEKING ON THE EVE OF THE NATIONAL DAY HOLIDAY AND I THINK IT UNLIKELY THAT ANY ANALYSIS OF WHAT WE HAVE TOLD THE CHINESE ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'S INTENTIONS ON CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES WOULD HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE UPPER REACHES OF THE LEADERSHIP IN LU'S ABSENCE. WE KNOW FROM
LU'S MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNOR THAT
THE CHINESE REACTION HAS BEEN NEGATIVE.
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