TNAG-1256-FCO40-1589-Third-countries-and-the-future-of-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 166

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CONFIDENTIAL

TELELETTER

FROM: R.J.T. MCLAREN, POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG

FILE REF: NFR

DATED 13 STOVER 1983

FOLLOWING FOR: R.D. CLIFT ESQ., (HKD FCO

COPIED TO: A.C. GALSWORTHY ESQ., PEKING

J.S. WHITEHEAD ESQ., CMG, CVO, TOKYO

FUTURE OF HONG KONG.

1. THE JAPANESE CONSUL-GENERAL TOLD ME TODAY THAT HE HAD SEEN A JAPANESE EMBASSY REPORT OF A CONVERSATION BETWEEN HU YAOBANG AND HIDEO DAN OF THE UNITED SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN (THE MEETING REPORTED BY XINHUA IN ITEM 100570 OF 5 OCTOBER). FUJI SAID HE HAD BEEN STRUCK BY ONE REMARK MADE BY HU YAOBANG. HU HAD SAID THAT THE WORLD WAS BECOMING A VERY TURBULENT PLACE, CITING SOUTH AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA AND, IN ASIA, INDO-CHINA AND THE KOREAN PENINSULA. HE THEN ADDED: ''AND THERE IS ALSO THE QUESTION OF TAIWAN, HONG KONG AND MACAU'

2. FUJI SAID HE WAS NOT SURE WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS INCLUSION OF TAIWAN, HONG KONG AND MACAU AMONG AREAS WHERE TURBULENCE'' WAS BEING EXPERIENCED. HE THOUGHT IT MIGHT PERHAPS HAVE BEEN A SEPARATE THOUGHT IN A DIFFERENT VEIN, INDICATING THAT THE FUTURE OF THESE TERRITORIES WAS NOW FORMALLY ON THE AGENDA AS FAR AS THE CHINESE WERE CONCERNED.

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SIGNED R.J.T. MCLAREN

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