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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1376
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR ACTING GOVERNOR)
PRIORITY PEKING (PERSONAL FOR CHARGE)
PERSONAL FOR THOMAS FROM DONALD
YOUR TELNOS 1836 AND 1991: BRIEFING OF AMERICANS ON FUTURE OF
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1. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS, WE THINK IT WOULD BE TIMELY FOR YOU TO BRIEF SHULTZ AND/OR APPROPRIATE SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS ON THE MEETINGS IN THE SECOND PHASE OF TALKS HELD IN PEKING, L2/L3 JULY, 25/26 JULY, AND 2/3 AUQUST. IF THEY SEE ADVANTAGE, HONG KONG AND PEKING MAY ALSO DRAW ON THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL TO
UP-DATE LEVIN AND FREEMAN.
2. THREE ROUNDS OF SUBSTANTIVE TALKS (PUBLICLY DESIGNATED 'SECOND PHASE') WERE HELD ON 12/13 JULY, 25/26 JULY AND 2/3 AUGUST. THEY WILL RESUME ON 22/23 SEPTEMBER. THE CHINESE
DELEGATION IS BEING LED BY VICE MINISTER YAO GUANG AND THE BRITISH
DELEGATION BY HMA PEKING. THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG IS
PARTICIPATING ON THE BRITISH SIDE AS APPROPRIATE. THE CHINESE ARE INSISTENT THAT THE TALKS ARE BILATERAL BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA AND THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS NOT A THIRD PARTY. IN PRACTICE, HOWEVER, WE ARE IN CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH THE HONG KONG EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND ARE TAKING THEIR VIEWS INTO ACCOUNT.
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THE ATMOSPHERE AT THE JULY AND AUGUST ROUNDS WAS GOOD, AND THE CHINESE BEHAVED BETTER IN THE SENSE THAT THERE WERE FEWER LEAKS AND LESS PROPAGANDA PRESSURE. HOWEVER, FOLLOWING THE MEET- ING HELD ON 3 AUGUST, YAO GUANG DID BREACH CONFIDENCE AT A DINNER WITH SCANDANAVIAN AMBASSADORS WHILST ON 15 AUGUST, CCP GENERAL SECRETARY, HU YAOBANG, GAVE A DISTORTED VIEW OF THE POSITION TO JAPANESE REPORTERS. HE TOLD THEM THAT CHINESE WOULD RECOVER
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