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FM HONG KONG 150416Z JANUARY 83
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 73 OF 15 JANUARY
INFO PRIORITY PEKING ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
INFO SAVING DAR ES SALAAM
FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRESS COVERAGE
THE FRONT PAGE LEAD IN THE TWO PRINCIPAL COMMUNIST
NEWSPAPERS, TA KUNG PAO AND WEN WEI PO ON 15 JANUARY
WAS AN NCNA REPORT OF ZHAO ZIYANG'S PRESS CONFERENCE IN
DAR ES SALAAM. ZHAO IS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID IN ANSWER
TO JOURNALISTS' QUESTIONS THAT HONG KONG WAS AN INALIENABLE
PART OF CHINESE TERRITORY AND THAT CHINA WOULD RECOVER
SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG WHEN THE TIME WAS RIPE. THE
WEN WEI PO MAKE HIS REMARKS ON HONG KONG ITS MAIN HEADLINE.
THE TA KUNG PAO GAVE THEM SLIGHTLY LESS PROMINENCE.
YOUDE
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
LIMITED
HD/HKGAD HD/FED
HD/FLANNING STAFF HD/PUSD PS
PS/LORD BELSTEAD
PS/PUS
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
SIR J BULLARD
PS/MR HURD
COPIES TO
SIR I SINCLAIR
MR ROBERTS
LEGAL ADVISER
NEWS D
MR COLES NO 10 DOWNING STREET
MR MARTIN
RESTRICTED
ASSESSMENTS STAFF
CABINET OFFICE
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
ADVANCED
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