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YOUR TELNO 151: CHINESE PREMIER'S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
1. We agree that the subject of Hong Kong is likely to
arise during Zhao's visit and that it would be helpful
for your
your to brief the appropriate Australian officials,
and if possible Hayden, in advance. This should of
course be in the strictest possible confidence.
2. You should tell them that we have been holding talks
with the Chinese since the Prime Minister's visit last
September, but progress has been slow. The Chinese
are of course stressing their position on sovereignty.
They can be expected to stick to the line that recovery
of sovereignty by 1997 at the latest is not negotiatable
We intend to make a success of the talks and to
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