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CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTIONS AND PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENTS LAST DEC HAD
CAST DOUBT ON WSHDCS REAL INTENTIONS, AND ZHAO HAD MOMENTARILY
CONSIDERED CANCELLING HIS VISIT, BUT SUFFICIENT USA REASSURANCES HAD
BEEN FORTHCOMING.ZHAO EXPECTED TAIWAN ISSUE TO BF MAJOR TOPIC OF
DISCUSSION AGAIN WHEN PRES REAGAN ARRIVED IN PEKIN THIS APRIL.
PREMIER ALSO MENTIONED TAIWAN AS MATTER OF ONGOING SINO-USA
DISCUSSION AND DISAGREEMENT DURING HIS PARLIAMENTARY ADDRESS.LIKE FM.
WU LAST OCT,ZHAO CALLED ON CHINESE-CDN COMMUNITY (AT RECEPTION
HOSTED BY OTT CHINESE REPS 18JAN) TO WORK FOR REUNIFICATION OF CHINA,
BUT HE DID NOT/NOT, AS FAR AS WE ARE AWARE, MAKE ANY COMMENT ON CDN
TAIWAN POLICY IN PRIVATE OR PUBLIC.
5.HKONG.PM TRUDEAU MADE STRONG PRESENTATION OF CDN INTEREST IN
CCNTINUED STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF COLONY, GIVEN HIGH LEVELS OF
CDN INVESTMENT, TRADE, IMMIGRATION AND FAMILY CONTACTS THERE.ZHAO
REPLIED THAT CHINA ALSO DESIRED STABILITY AND PROSPERITY FOR ITS
OWN REASONS, AND WHILE TRANSFER TO CHINA OF SOVEREIGNTY (INCLUDING
BOTH NEW TERRITORIES UNDER 1898 LEASE AND OTHER TERRITORIES CEDED IN
1842/1869)WAS NOT/NOT NEGOTIABLE, CHINA WOULD GUARANTEE CONTINUITY
OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS, POLITICAL AUTONOMY ETC.(SPECIFIC
GUARANTEES LISTED IN PARL ADDRESS INCLUDED QUOTE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
SYSTEMS AND LIFESTYLE...FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE AND STATUS AS FREE
PORT AND INNATL FINANCIAL CENTRE...ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL RELATIONS
WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES...INTERESTS OF RESIDENT AND FOREIGN
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