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FROM PEKING 03111OZ OCT 83

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 973 OF 3/10/83

REPEATED FOR INFO TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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FUTURE OF HONG KONG: NCNA COMMENT

1. XINHUA REPORTED ON 2 OCTOBER MR LUCE'S HONG KONG

PRESS CONFERENCE. THE MINISTER WAS DESCRIBED AS QUOTE POSING AS

A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG UNQUOTE AND MAKING A THREAT .E. THAT TURBULENCE COULD ENSUE SHOULD THE PEKING TALKS FAIL.

2. THIS WAS FOLLOWED UP ON 3 OCTOBER WITH AN INTERVIEW GIVEN TO XINHUA BY A FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN ON COMMENTS ON HONG KONG BY THE PRIME MINISTER ON 23 SEPTEMBER AND BY MR LUCE LAST WEEK. THE XINHUA TEXT IS AS FOLLOWS QUOTE

OF LATE, RESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL OF THE BRITISH

GOVERNMENT HAVE TIME AND AGAMEN TALKED IMPROPERLY ABOUT THE

FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND THIS AROUSED SERIOUS ATTENTION FROM VARIOUS CARCLES.

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HONG KONG, INCLUDING HONG KONG HSLAND, KOWLOON AND

''THE NEW TERRITORY'S AN INSEPARABLE PART OF THE

CHINESE TERRITORY. THERE COULD BE NO DOUBT THAT CHINA

WILL RECOVER THE WHOLE AREA OF HONG KONG. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD THE FIRM POLICY OF RESUMING THE EXERCISE OF THE NATIONS SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG WHILE MAINTAINING ITS PROSPERITY AND STABILITY. CHINA HAS A SERIES OF PRINCIPLES FOR CARRYING OUT THE POLICY.

CHINA.

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