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SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1993

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We're trying to put even more - oomph behind what we're doing in Washington, and I think that's--extremely important.

QUESTION:

Are you the--

GOVERNOR PATTEN:

Sorry.

QUESTION:

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GOVERNOR PATTEN:

] every year prior to

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I will want to make regular visits to the United States. Whether I will come every year or at this time every year I think we'11 have to judge in due course, but I would very much welcome it, as I'm sure the Administration would if we were to arrive at a situation in which this spring time debate on MFN renewal didn't appear to be the center point of policy on China.

I think it would be helpful if that was no longer the situation.

QUESTION:

Governor, when you said you did not solicit support from the President [

? Congressional leaders

GOVERNOR PATTEN;

1 my question is, did you {

and how much support did you get?

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Well I think you will have recalled that at the beginning of my very valuable meeting with the President there was a photo call and during the photo call as happens these days one of the --one of your professional colleagues asked the President a question about the political situation in Hong Kong and the President replied--with views on democratization which I don't imagine will have surprised anyone.

So the Governor of Hong Kong didn't raise the issue with the President, it was raised with the President by one of your professional colleagues.

QUESTION:

Mr. Patten, from the speeches you made in

Washington DC and [?

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GOVERNOR PATTEN:

QUESTION:

Yeah.

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you played up the importance of human rights. Is that to you human rights-- you regard--human right as important [? ?

so actually when you come to choose [

trade, trade is your priority?

GOVERNOR PATTEN:

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No, that's--a --I don't mean to be rude, but it's a distortion of what I've been attempting to say.

As the Governor of Hong Kong, of course I feel passionately concerned about human rights. If people in Hong Kong aren't

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