RESTRICTED
کانمان من
RESTRICTED
FM PEKING
TO IMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1865
OF 200729Z DEC 85
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
HRR DULL
AGISTRY
TRCEIVED IN REGISTRY
23 DEC 1985
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: ANNIVERSARY LUNCH WITH ZHOU NAN: PRESS COVERAGE
1. TODAY'S PEOPLE'S DAILY CARRIES AN ARTICLE ON PAGE 4 REPORTING ZHOU NAM'S LUNCH. SECTIONS OF BOTH MY AND ZHOU'S SPEECHES ARE
REPORTED.
2. IN THE CASE OF ZHOU'S SPEECH THERE IS AN ALMOST WORD FOR WORD REPRODUCTION OF THE 4TH PARAGRAPH (TRANSLATED IN PARAGRAPH 4 OF
MMY TELHO 1355).
3. I AM REPORTED AS SAYING THAT THE TWO SIDES HAD BEGUN WORK
(IN IMPLEMENTING THE JOINT DECLARATION) EFFECTIVELY AND PRAGMATICALLY
THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP AND THE LAND COMMISSION HAD MADE PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLETING THE TASKS STIPULATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION. WE WERE CONFIDENT THAT THIS SITUATION WOULD CONTINUE. BOTH SIDES ATTACHED HIGH IMPORTANCE TO JOINT EFFORTS
TWO TO GUARANTEE THAT THE HISTORIC CONCEPT OF ONE COUNTRY, SYSTEMS' SHOULD BE PUT SMOOTHLY INTO PRACTICE. THE BRITISH SIDE WERE DETERMINED TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO GUARANTEE THE SUCCESS OF THE CONCEPT. THE ARTICLE CONTINUED THAT I HAD POINTED OUT THAT THE SATISFACTORY SOLUTION OF THE HONG KONG QUESTION HAD ALSO BROUGHT
I WAS SURE THAT ABOUT CLOSER RSLATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN.
IN THE YEARS FROM NOW TILL 1997 AND BEYOND RELATIONS WOULD BECOME STILL STRONGER, WHICH WAS BENEFICIAL FOR BRITAIN AND CHINA AND PARTICULARLY TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
4. IN A SHORT ADJACENT PIECE, JI PENGFEI'S RETURN RANQUET IN HONG KON
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WAS REPORTED. JI WAS QUOTED AS SAYINO THAT HIS VISIT HAD ENABLED HIM TO SEE MANY OLD AND NEW FRIENDS, TO LOOK AT QUITE A FEW PLACES, AND HAD HELPED FURTHER HIS UNDERSTANDING OF HONG KONG. THE GOVERNOR WAS REPORTED AS SAYING IN HIS SPEECH THAT IN THE PAST YEAR THE JLG
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