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FROM PEKING 0104427 OCT 83
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 971 OF 1/10/83
INFO
PRIORITY HONG KONG
FUTURE OF HONG KONG:
STATEMENT BY ZHAO ZIYANG.
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1983
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Action Taken
1. IN A STATEMENT ON THE EVE OF NATIONAL DAY COVERING BOTH INTERNAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS, PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG
SAID THE FOLLOWING ON HONG KONG:
''OUR FIRM AND UNSHAKABLE POLICY IS TO RESUME THE EXERCISE OF OUR SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG WHILE MAINTAINING
THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG'.
COMMENT
ON THAT
2. ZHAO'S LAST PUBLIC STATEMENT ON HONG KONG WAS CONTAINED IN HIS REPORT OF 6 JUNE TO THE NATIONAL PEOPLES CONGRESS
OCCASION HE DID NOT USE THE WORDS 'THE EXERCISE OFF". NOR DID HU YAOBANG USE THEM WHEN MAKING HIS 3 AUGUST REMARKS ON
HONG KONG. AS YOU KNOW, THEY ARE THE CHINESE
CODEWORD FOR ''ADMINISTRATION'
CLARK
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
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SIR IAN SINCLAIR
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MR BURROWS
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MR ROBERTS
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