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FM WASHINGTON
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELNO 6
OF 122345Z NOVEMBER 92
INFO ROUTINE FCO, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, ACTOR
HKC 026/3
YOUR TELNO 8: U.S./HONG KONG: LU PING'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON
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WE HAVE SPOKEN AGAIN TO STATE. PERITO (DIRECTOR, CHINA OFFICE) SAID THERE WAS NOTHING TO ADD TO THE ACCOUNT IN OUR TELNO 2483. LU PING HAD SIMPLY SAID THAT THE RECENT STATEMENTS BY THE NPC DID NOT REFLECT OFFICIAL CHINESE POLICY. THE AMERICANS HAD NOT PRESSED HIM. PERITO NOTED THAT, ON OTHER OCCASIONS RECENTLY (E.G. OVER THE F16 SALES), THE NPC HAD ISSUED TOUGHER STATEMENTS THAN THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. HE ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT LU PING DID NOT EXPLICITLY SAY THAT CHINA WOULD NOT REVERSE ANY UNILATERAL CHANGES IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997.
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