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FM HONG KONG 198522Z JUN 82

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TELEGRAM NUBER 649 OF 19 JUNE

INFO PRIORITYPEKING (PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR)

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1. SIR Y K PAO HAS TOLD ME OF HIS RECENT TALK WITH HUANG HUA DURING

THE CHINESE PM'S VISIT TO JAPAN. HE WILL BE IN LONDON NEXT WEEK

BUT DOES NOT KNOW WHETHER THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE ABLE TO SEE

HIM.

2. HUANG HUA TOOK HIM ASIDE AT A RECEPTION AND TOLD HIM THAT HONG

KONG WOULD BE COVERED BY THE PROVISION IN THE NEW CONSTITUTION

ON THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE ZONES. SOME OF THE 9 POINTS IN

THE TAIWAN PROPOSAL WOULD APPLY TO HONG KONG. CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY

MUST BE SAFEGUARDED. HONG KONG CHINESE WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE A PART

TO PLAY IN THE FUTURE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG: AND THERE WOULD

BE TALKS DURING THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT.

3. THIS READS LIKE A CONDENSED VERSION OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID TO OTHERS. I ASKED SIR Y K PAO WHETHER HE THOUGHT PEKING UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF BRITISH ADMINISTRATION IN MAINTAINING CONFIDENCE

HERE. HE EXPRESSED THE OPINION THAT THEY DID: "IT WAS ONLY

COMMONSENSE''. BUT HE DID NOT QUOTE ANY DIRECT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT

THIS VIEW.

4. DURING HIS VISIT TO PEKING HE HAD NOT DISCUSSED HONG KONG

ALTHOUGH HE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES WITH GU MU.

HE THOUGHT THAT GU MU WAS STILL INTERESTED IN THE IDEA OF A LONG

TERM LOAN.

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