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TO PRIORITY FCO (PERSONAL FOR DONALD OF CLIFT,

TELNO 640 OF 2 DEC 63

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PRIORITY PEKING (PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR) AND

PRIORITY HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR)

FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR DONALD AND CLIFT (HKD)

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YOUR TELEGRAMS NUMBERS 428 AND 444 :

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HU YAO BANG'S VISIT TO TOKYO :

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1. YOUR FIRST TUR ARRIVED HERE JUST AFTER THE BEGINNING OF

HU YAC BANG'S VISIT AND THERE WAS THEREFORE NO SUITABLE OPPORTUNITY

TO RE-INFORCE THE POINTS MADE BY DONALD TO SATOH. WE HAVE, HOWEVER,

BEEN MAKING MANY OF THE SAME POINTS TO THE JAPANESE ON A REGULAR

BASIS AS OPPORTUNITY AFFORDS. WHITEHEAD SAW ONDA (DEPUTY DIRECTOR

GENERAL OF THE ASIAN AFFAIRS BUREAU IN THE MFA) AGAIN THIS WEEK TO

TRY TO OBTAIN A CLEARER VIEW OF WHAT WAS SAID ON HONG KONG BETWEEN

NAKASONE AND HU AND ALSO BETWEEN ABE AND WU. OUR AIM WAS TO ELABORATE

612 ON OUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 631.

2. ONDA HAD NOTHING FURTHER TO SAY ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THE NAKASONE/ HU DISCUSSION BEYOND THAT CONTAINED IN PARAGAPH 1 OUR OUR TELEGRAM

612 NUMBER 631.

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3. AS FAR AS THE ABE/WU EXCHANGE WAS CONCERNED, ONDA SAID THAT THERE WAS NO EXTENDED DISCUSSION OF HONG KONG AND THE TALK CONTAINED, THE JAPANESE VIEW, A REPETITION OF WHAT THEY HAD HEARD FROM THE CHINESE THROUGH OTHER SOURCES APART FROM ONE POINT (SEE PARAGRAPH 4 BELOW). WU HAD NOT GIVEN AN ACCOUNT OF CHINESE DISCUSSIONS WITH US AS SUCH EXPLICITLY ON THE GROUNDS THAT THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UK THAT SUCH TALKS MUST REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL TO THE TWO PARTIES CONCERNED. BUT HE HAD SET OUT THE MATH PLANKS OF CHINESE POLICY WHICH WERE TO REGAIN SOVEREIGNTY AND THE POWER OF GOVERNANCE'' BY

1997. THERE COULD BE NO NEGOTIATION ON THESE POINTS. WU HAD ALSO

REPEATED THE STANDARD CHINESE POSITION ON THE HONG KONG DOLLAR AND ON

THE PROTECTION OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT AFTER 1997. ''CHINA HAD NO

INTENTION OF SENDING PEOPLE TO GOVERN HONG KONG,'

4. THE ONLY NEW ELEMENT WHICH THE JAPANESE PROFESSED TO SEE IN WU'S

STATEMENT WAS THAT HE REFERRED TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT CHINA

**NIGHT CONCEDE SPECIAL CONCESSIONS TO BRITISH CAPITAL'' WHEN

TALKING ABOUT THE PROTECTION OF FOREIGN CAPITAL IN HONG KONG GENERALLY. IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ONDA SAID THAT WU HAD NOT ELABORATED ON THIS POINT (THERE WOULD SEEM TO US TO BE LITTLE JAPANESE INTEREST IN SEEKING SUCH AN ELABORATION WHICH MIGHT HAVE THE EFFECT OF FIRMING UP CHINESE VIEWS ON THIS POINT).

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