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PEKING TELNOS 1715, 1716 AND 1726: JOINT LIAISON GROUP:

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

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THANK YOU FOR THESE REPORTS.

WE ARE GLAD THAT THE CHINESE WERE TOLD AT THE WELCOMING

BANQUET THAT NO-ONE IS UPSETTING STABILITY AND PROSPERITY IN HONG KONG BETTER THAN XU JIATUN.. THE SECRETARY OF STATE, HAVING CONSIDERED XU'S INTERVIEW OVER THE WEEKEND, HOPES THAT YOU WILL TAKE OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE COURSE OF THE JLG MEETING TO

COUNSEL THE CHINESE STRONGLY AGAINST RAISING AN ISSUE OF THIS

SENSITIVITY IN PUBLIC RATHER THAN IN PRIVATE, AND TO POINT OUT THE EFFECTS ON CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG OF SUCH A PROCEDURE. THE SECRETARY OF STATE BELIEVES THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT NEED TO BE TAUGHT AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY ABOUT THE LINK BETWEEN HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND MARKET CONFIDENCE ON THE ONE HAND AND THE

SENSITIVITY OF MARKETS TO THOUGHTS LET ALONE WORDS

CASUAL, ON THE OTHER.

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WE LEAVE IT TO YOU HOW TO PUT THESE POINTS ACROSS AND

WHETHER TO DO IT IN THE JLG MEETINGS THEMSELVES OR IN THE MARGINS. WE APPRECIATE THAT THE CHINESE WILL ARGUE THAT IT IS WE WHO HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TOO MUCH IN PUBLIC ON THIS ISSUE

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