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5. THE REMARKS INCLUDED UNDER POINT E IN SECOND TUR WERE MADE IN
RESPONSE TO DIRECT QUESTIONS FROM ROWE. THOSE REGARDING THE POLICE
AND SECURITY FORCES WERE MADE DURING BOTH CONVERSATIONS WITH ROWE.
6. THE ONLY OTHER OCCASION WHEN HONG KONG WAS RAISED DURING
HUAN'S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA WAS AT A LUNCH WITH ACADEMICS WHEN HE
SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE BRITISH WOULD NOT EASILY RELINQUISH THEIR
INTERESTS IN HONG KONG THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT CHINA WOULD EXERCISE
ITS SOVEREIGNTY.
7. ACCORDING TO PORTER THE DFA ASKED THEMSELVES WHETHER HUAN'S
OBJECT IN SPEAKING AS HE DID WAS TO PASS AN INDIRECT MESSAGE TO THE UK BUT CONCLUDED THAT THIS WAS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY. THEIR ASSESSMENT WAS THAT ALTHOUGH HUAN SPOKE FREELY HE WOULD NOT HAVE
RAISED THE SUBJECT IF ROWE HAD NOT DONE SO.
8. PORTER ASSURED POLITICAL ADVISER THAT THE SENSITIVITY OF HUAN'S REMARKS WAS FULLY RECOGNESED IN THE DFA AND THAT THE TELEGRAMS RELATED TO THEM WERE BEING REPEATED ONLY TO THE EMBASSY IN PEKING AND THE HIGH COMMISSION IN LONDON AND WERE BEING GIVEN A VERY LIMITED DISTRIBUTION IN CANBERRA.
9. FULL RECORDS OF THE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN HUAN AND ROWE ARE
BEING SENTO TO THE AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION HERE BY BAG, DUE ON 27
MAY. WE HAVE BEEN PROMISED COPIES.
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