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FM HONG KONG 140147Z APR 83
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 499 OF 14 APRIL 1983
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
TOP COPY
HKK04012
FEONVED IN SERPU NO. 51 14 APR 1983
DECK OFFICER
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PA
MY TELNO 494: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRESS COMMENT ON ACADEMICS"
VISIT TO PEKING
REGISTRY
Action Taken
CM1814
THE COMMUNIST TA KUNG PAO PUBLISHED A FURTHER COMMENTARY ON THE ACADEMICS' VISIT ON 13 APRIL. IT SAID THAT THEY HAD HEARD NOTHING NEW OR CONFIDENTIAL DURING THEIR VISIT TO PEKING. THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE STILL CONTINUING AND PEKING HAD ENTERED INTO THEM WITH THE GENUINE DESIRE TO FIND A SOLUTION. ACCORDING TO THE TA KUNG PAO, THE ACADEMICS HAD ASKED ABOUT HONG KONG PAR- TICIPATION IN THE TALKS AND HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THESE WERE BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS. IF HONG KONG PEOPLE WERE TO TAKE PART, THEY WOULD BE IN AN EMBARRASING POSITION. IN CONCLUSION, THE ARTICLE SAID THAT MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION COULD THINK ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THEIR TRIP AND COULD, IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR ANALYSIS, MAKE FURTHER SUGGESTIONS.
2. ONE MEMBER OF THE DELEGATION IS REPORTED IN THE (INDEPENDENT) ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS AS HAVING SAID THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE TO RUN
HONG KONG IS ONLY A PROPOSITION AND NOT A FIRMLY ESTABLISHED
POLICY.
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KHUES OF HONG KONG
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THIS TELEGRAMME MARTIN ASSESSMENTS STAFF
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