THAT MRS THATCHER AND HER GOVERNMENT WOULD ADOPT A WISE POLICY OVER HONG KONG, AND WOULD NOT GO INTO A DEAD END. HE HOPED THAT THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE EMBASSY WOULD TELL THE BRUTISH GOVERNMENT THAT TO EXCHANGE SOVEREIGNTY FOR ADMINISTRATION WAS NOT POSSIBLE: BY 1997 CHINA WOULD RECOVER HONG KONG, AND THERE COULD BE NO CHANGE IN THIS POLICY. IF HE DID NOT DO THIS MR DENG WOULD GO DOWN AS A LI HONGZHANG IN HISTORY. ANYBODY WHO FAILED TO ADOPT THIS POLICY IN CHINA WOULD MEET THE SAME END.
4. MR HEATH SAID THAT HE WAS NOT OF COURSE IN THE CONFIDENCE OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. MR DENG SAID THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THIS, AND HAD THEREFORE ASKED THE EMBASSY TO CONVEY HIS WORDS.
5. MR HEATH SAID THAT MR DENG HAD PREVIOUSLY TOLD HIM THAT WE SHOULD STUDY TAIWAN AND THE 9 POINTS. MR DENG SAND THAT HE HAD GONE BEYOND THE 9 POINT PROPOSAL RECENTLY WHEN TALKING TO AN AMERICAN PROFESSOR, PROFESSOR YANG. MR HEATH SAID THAT UNDER THE 9 POINTS TAIWANT, WOULD KEEP HER PRIVATE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM AND MAKE HER OWN TRADING ARRANGEMENTS, AND HER CITIZENS WOULD TRAVEL FREELY. IT WOULD GIVERN ITSELF AND KEEP ITS OWN ARMED FORCES. MR DENG SAID THAT TAIWAN WOULD ALSO BUY WEAPONS FOR 4TS FORCES,
SINCE THOUGH THE SITUATION WOULD BE DIFFERENT TO THE PRESENT, THEN THEY WOULD NOT NEED MANY WEAPONS.
6. MR HEATH ASKED HOW SUCH CONSIDERATIONS WOULD AFFECT HONG KONG. MR DENG REPLIED CHINA WOULD RECOVER SOVEREIGNTY, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD REMAIN THE SAME, AND THIS WAS SIMILAR TO TAIWAN. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT SEND PEOPLE TO HONG KONG. EVEN THE LEGAL SYSTEM MIGHT REMAIN THE SAME THOUGH THE HIGHEST APPEAL WOULD NOT BE TO LONDON, BUT WOULD REST IN HONG KONG.
7. MR HEATH SAID THAT MR DENG WAS A VERY PRACTICAL MAN. HE HAD READ A RECENT STATEMENT BY A PROMINENT CHINESE FIGURE TO THE EFFECT THAT NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN IN HONG KONG BEFORE 1997.
MR DENG REPEATED THAT CHINA WOULD RECOVER SOVEREIGNTY IN 1997, AND THAT THERE WERE NOW 14 YEARS TO GO. THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING SOVEREIGNTY MUST BE CARRIED OUT WELL. THE CORE OF THE MATTER WAS THE SITUATION IN 1997, WHEN THE RECOVERY OF SOVEREIGNTY SHOULD BE EASILY ACCEPTED BY THE HONG KONG PEOPLE: THERE SHOULD BE NO DISTURBANCES OR DAMAGE IN HONG KONG. THIS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO ALL, AS WELL AS TO OTHER COUNTRIES WITH INTERESTS IN
HONG KONG. DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD HONG KONG PEOPLE SHOULD PLAY AN INCREASING ROLE, THOUGH NOT AS YET THE MAIN ROLE, IN RUNNING HONG KONG, SO THAT THEY WULD KNOW HOW TO GOVERN HONG KONG IN 1997. THEY NEEDED FULLY TO UNDERSTAND THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL SET UP OF HONG KONG: THEY SHOULD ENTER THE ADMINISTRATION GRADUALLY SO THAT THEY COULD GA IN THIS KNOWLEDGE.
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