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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (FOR POLITICHE ADT
VISIT BY THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG
OFFICIAL CHINESE REPRESENTATION IN HONG KONG
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ON 29 MARCH, AT HIS MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR, FOLLOWING
A DISCUSSION OF IMMIGRATION AND POSSIBLE PROCEDURES TO CONTROL IT, HUANG HUA RAISED THE ISSUE OF CHINESE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION IN HONG KONG.
2. HAVING SPOKEN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF CONSULTATION THROUGH XIN- HUA, HUANG SAID THAT THERE WAS HOWEVER AN OUTSTANDING ISSUE, THAT CHINA DID NOT HAVE, AN OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN HONG KONG. DURING
THE KMT PERIOD THERE HAD SEEN SUCH A REPRESENTATIVE BUT THE BRITISH HAD REFUSED TO AGREE WHEN THE PROPOSAL FOR A REPRESENTATIVE WAS
MADE AFTER 1949. THE QUESTION WAS STILL OUTSTANDING ON THE CHIN-
ESE SIDE. HUANG HUA HOPED THAT THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES WOULD
CONSIDER THE PRESENCE OF A REPRESENTATIVE AS HELPFUL FOR THE SOL-
UTION OF PROBLEMS AS RELATIONS BECAME CLOSER. IF DR OWEN VISITED
CHINA, THEY WOULD CONSULT WITH HIM FURTHER ON THIS POINT.
3. HAVING DEALT WITH OTHER POINTS, THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT ON
CHINESE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION HE WISHED TO SAY SOMETHING PER-
SONAL. ZHOU ENLAI HAD RAISED THE MATTER WITH SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME
IN 1972 AND HAD REFERRED TO THE DISABILITIES ARISING FROM THE
LACK OF REPRESENTATION. THE GOVERNOR CONSIDERED THAT MOST OF THESE DISABILITIES HAD BEEN REMOVED EXCEPT THE NAME, AND HE HAD TRIED TO ENSURE THAT THIS WAS SO. IF THERE WAS ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT XINHUA WAS UNABLE TO DO ZECAUSE OF THE LACK OF THE NAME, MAYS COULD BE FOUND TO SATISFYING THEM. THE GOVERNOR THOUGHT THAT THE TIME WOULD COME FOR OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION. BUT IF IT HAPPENED NOW IT WOULD DISTURS PEOPLE JUST AS COOPERATION WAS IMPROVING, AND PEOPLE MIGHT CONSIDER THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST STEP TO RENDITION. FURTHER- PORE THE REPRESENTATIVE WOULD BE IN A DIFFICULT POSITION THROUGH
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