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FM HONG KONG 250700Z JAN 83
TO PRIORITY PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 44 OF 25 JANUARY
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25 JAN 1983
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YOUR TELNO 7: FUTURE OF HONG KONG
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THE TA KUNG PAO, SEVERAL INDEPENDENT CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS AND THE PRO-KMT HONG KONG TIMES ON 21 JANUARY ALL CARRIED AN AFP DESPATCH FROM PEKING REPORTING THAT A MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SPOKESMAN HAD DENIED THAT THE CHINESE SIDE HAD PUT FORWARD ANY PROPOSALS TO THE BRITISH. THE RELEVANT PORTION OF THE AFP REPORT AS CARRIED IN THE TA KUNG PAO IS AS FOLLOWS:
QUOTE AFP PEKING 20 JANUARY. CHINA TODAY DENIED THAT A CHINESE LEADER HAD RECENTLY SAID THAT PEKING WAS WAITING FOR BRITAIN TO RESPOND TO PROPOSALS MADE BY CHINA ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG'S FUTURE. THE INFORMATION DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SAID TODAY QUOTE SO FAR AS WE KNOW, THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NPC, LIAO CHINEGZHI, DID NOT USE ANY SUCH EXPRESSION AS QUOTE PROPOSALS UNQUOTE UNQUOTE.
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