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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 19075ØZ NOVEMBER 81
TO ROUTINE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1036 OF 19 NOVEMBER INFO ROUTINE PEKING
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MICK 046TLE
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20 NOV 1981
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
20
LGE
PEKING TELNO 63 TO MES CMP ARTICLE ON 1997
Acton Taken
20/11 Ply 23/4
1. WE HAVE SPOKEN TO TWO OF THOSE PRESENT AT THE MEETING WITH LIAO CHENGZHI. THEY SAY THAT THE DELEGATION EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE EFFECT OF THE 1997 DATE ON INVESTMENT AND URGED THE CHINESE TO FIND A SOLUTION. LIAO MADE THE USUAL REASSURING NOISES IN REPLY BUT SAID NOTHING NEW. SU'S ARTCILE STATES THAT LIAO ASKED THE VISITORS WHAT THEIR PROPOSALS WERE FOR A SOLUTION. THIS WAS APPARENTLY
NO MORE THAN A CONVERSATIONAL RESPONSE TO REPEATED QUESTIONS ABOUT CHINESE INTENTIONS.
2. IT IS CLEAR THAT LIAO HIMSELF DID NOT SAY THAT IT WAS UP TO THE CHINESE COMMUNITY ETC TO WORK OUT A SOLUTION TO THE 1997 PROBLEM. IN HIGHLIGHTING THIS POINT AND DESCRIBING IT AS A NEW CHINESE PLEDGE ON STABILITY THE S C M P DISTORTED THE STORY.
MACLEHOSE
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MR DONALD
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
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