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FM HONG KONG 091017Z OCT 79
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ملا
10 OCT 1979
D15.10
TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1401 OF 9 OCTOBER,
INFO PRIORITY: PEKING, HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
1.
MY TELNO.1387: HUA'S PRESS CONFERENCE.
THE BACKGROUND NOTE IN PARA.2 OF TEL UNDER REF WAS USED BY REUTERS IN A DESPATCH, WHICH WAS PICKED UP BY MOST PAPERS TODAY INCLUDING THE PRO CHINA NEWSPAPERS.
2.
REACTION IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS TO CHAIRMAN HUA'S REMARKS CONTINUED TO BE GENERALLY FAVOURABLE, ALTHOUGH PEOPLE INTERVIEWED BY ONE INDEPENDENT CHINESE PAPER THOUGHT THE STATEMENT WAS NOT CLEAR ENOUGH TO ASSURE INVESTORS. EDITORIALLY TEN MORE CHINESE PAPERS AND THE ENGLISH DAILIES
HAVE COMMENTED, THE GENERAL TONE BEING FAVOURABLE BUT IMPLYING
THAT NOTHING MUCH NEW HAD BEEN SAID.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
HK & GD
FED
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MR CORTAZZI MR MURRAY
COPIES TO:
HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE, LONDON
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