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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1994

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CS DISCUSSES HK'S POSITION ON MFN DURING USA VISIT

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN, ON TUESDAY (APRIL 26)

WITH SENIOR LEADERS ANOTHER BUSY ROUND OF MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON DC IN THE ADMINISTRATION, CONGRESS AND THE SENATE.

TOM FOLEY,

THESE INCLUDED CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY PELOSI, SPEAKER SENATOR GEORGE MITCHELL, CONGRESSMAN DAVE MCCURDY, SENATOR MAX BAUCUS, SUB-COMMITTEE AND CHAIRMAN OF PRESIDENT CLINTON'S INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EAST ASIAN WINSTON LORD.

MRS CHAN HAS NOW SEEN MOST OF FAVOURED NATION (MFN) ISSUE.

AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS

THE KEY PLAYERS ON THE MOST

SHE SAID SHE HAD VERY GOOD DISCUSSIONS AND PUT ACROSS HONG KONG'S CASE,

"I THINK, AND I VERY MUCH HOPE, COMES TO MAKE HIS FINAL DECISION THAT HE KONG'S POSITION ON THE MFN ISSUE.

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HAD BEEN

ABLE ΤΟ

CLINTON

THAT WHEN PRESIDENT

WILL HAVE REGARD ΤΟ HONG

REPRESENTATIVE OPINION,

FOLLOWING HER MEETING WITH MRS CHAN, DEMOCRATIC NANCY PELOSI SAID WHILE SHE AND MRS CHAN HAD A DIFFERENCE OF SHE FELT THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S VISIT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

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VERY CANDID CONVERSATION" CONGRESSWOMAN THEY HAD SHARED "A

SHE BELIEVED MRS CHAN HAD CONTRIBUTED THAT' ADDING PELOSI SAID, GREATLY TO THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ISSUE.

SPEECH ΤΟ A GROUP OF INFLUENTIAL SHE ALSO GAVE A LUNCHEON

ANALYSTS, SENIOR OPINION-FORMERS, COMPRISING ACADEMICS, THINK-TANK U.S. ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS AND CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS.

ON WEDNESDAY, A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING IN MEMORY OF THE PRESIDENT NIXON AND A FEDERAL HOLIDAY, MRS CHAN WILL GIVE A NUMBER

MEETING LUNCHEON MEDIA INTERVIEWS. SHE WILL ALSO ADDRESS A

DAY

LATE

OF

OF

THE

U.S.

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CHINA BUSINESS COUNCIL.

TRANSCRIPT OF CHIEF SECRETARY'S DOOR-STEP INTERVIEW

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CHIEF

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FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE DOOR-STEP INTERVIEW BY

CALLING MRS SECRETARY,

ANSON CHAN, WITH THE MEDIA. AFTER ACTING U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, MR STROBE TALBOTT, IN WASHINGTON DC ON APRIL 25:

VERY HAVE COME FROM A

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USEFUL AND CHIEF SECRETARY:

CONSTRUCTIVE MR MEETING WITH THE ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE, MR STROBE TALBOTT, AND

CASE FOR THE WINSTON LORD. I OBVIOUSLY PUT FORWARD THE HONG KONG

BOTH MR TALBOTT AND MR LORD UNCONDITIONAL EXTENSION OF MFN TO CHINA.

LISTENED VERY ATTENTIVELY, AND THEY ASSURED ME THAT THE HONG KONG CASE IS WELL UNDERSTOOD AND WILL BE FULLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN THEY MAKE A FINAL DECISION ABOUT WHETHER MFN SHOULD BE EXTENDED OR NOT.

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