• UVP245 EPR497
0811 #CARRINGTON 2 PEKING:
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ED CARRINGTON, DUE TO HAVE TALKS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER Hume HUA AND PROBABLY MEET COMMUNIST PARTY VICE-CHAIRMAN DENG XIAOPING: SAID ON HIS WAY TO HONG KONG HE HAD BEEN VERY REASSURED BY BIGNALS FROM CHINA OVER THE COLONY'S LONG-TERM FUTURE.
THE SOURCES IN PEKING SAID THAT IF HE DID RAISE THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG WITH MR HUANG: HE WOULD BE TOLD CHINA WAS NOT IMPATIENT TO BETTLE THE QUESTION.
THEY SAID FEKING FELT IT WAS STILL TOO EARLY TO BEGIN TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM NOW AND THAT IT COULD BE SETTLED IN THE FUTURE +THROUGH FRIENDLY NEGOTIATIONS.+
ON THE DUESTION OF MACAO: THE PORTUGUESE TERRITORY ACROSS THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER FROM HONG KONG THE SOURCES-SAID THE LISBON GOVERNMENT HAD RECOGNISED CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE TERRITORY: BUT SO FAR THE CHINESE SIDE HAS NOT PROPOSED TO TAKE IT OVER IMMEDIATELY
HONG KONG IS ONE OF CHINA'S MOST IMPORTANT TRADING AND INVESTMENT PARTNERS AND THE SOURCES SAID IT AND CHINA'S NEIGHBOURING GUANGDONG PROVINCE +HAVE DEVELOPED VERY GOOD RELATIONS.+
REUTER IHM/MAJ/PI
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