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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA CG NEW YORK (FOR
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INFO SAVING MOSCOW, UKDEL NATO, PARIS
US POLICY TOWARDS CHINA AND HONG KONG
1. WILSON (AUSS) BRIEFED WOLFOWITZ (STATE DEPARTMENT) ON 7 OCTOBER ON DISCUSSIONS SO FAR IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP ON HỒNG KÔNG HE SAID WE WERE MILDLY ENCOURAGED BY THE SPEED OF REACTION ON THE CHINESE SIDE. ON SUBSTANCE, THEY HAD BEEN QUITE HELPFUL ON THE QUESTION OF GUARANTEEING HONG KONG'S CONTINGENT LIABILITIES IN THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AFTER 1997. OBTAINING THEIR AGREEMENT TO HONG KONG'S RECOMING AN INDEPENDENT MEMBER OF THE GATT WOULD BE MORE DIFFICULT AND WOULD TAKE TIME. THE TWO SIDES WERE LIKELY TO ESTABLISH A SUB-COMMITTTEE AT THE NEXT MEETING TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE HANDLING OF TREATIES TO WHICH HONG KONG IS CURRENTLY A PARTY. PROGRESS IN THE LAND COMMISSION
WAS GOOD.
2.
WOLFOWITZ INQUIRED ABOUT XU JIATUN'S RECENT CRITICISM OF PLANS FOR NEW DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG. WILSON SAID THE CHINESE HAD ALWAYS BEEN SUSPICIOUS OF HMG'S INTENTIONS. OUR INTEREST WAS TO ESTABLISH GENUINE REPRESENTATIVE INSTITUTIONS WHICH WOULD SURVIVE BEYOND 1997. WE WOULD PUSH FORWARD WITH THESE, BUT NOT TO THE POINT WHERE THE CHINESE WOULD REPUDIATE
THEM.
3. WILSON SAID VICE-PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO HONG KONG WAS VERY WELCOME. WE HOPED HE MIGHT SAY SOMETHING PUBLICLY IN HONG KONG, AND TO THE CHINESE, AROUT THE SUCCESS OF THE AGREEMENT AND THE RENEFITS FOR CONFIDENCE OF ROTH SIDES REING SEEN TO IMPLEMENT IT WOLFOWITZ FAITHFULLY. (WILSON MADE THE SAME POINT AT THE NSC).
TOOK NOTE AND SAID THAT SHULTZ HAD SPOKEN ALONG THESE LINES TO THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER IN NEW YORK. THE US COULD NOT HOW- EVER PUT ITSELF INTHE POSITION OF ENDORSING THE HONG KONG AGREE- MENT AS A MODEL FOR TAIWAN.
4.
WOLFOWITZ SAID THEY WERE CLOSE TO A POSSIBLE SOLUTION ON THE
AS ENVISAGED, BOTH QUESTION OF TAIWAN'S MEMBERSHIP OF THE ADR.
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THE PRC AND TAIWAN WOULD RE FULL MEMBERS TAIWAN WOULD BE FREE TO CHOOSE ITS OWN CONSTITUENCY, AND TO COMMUNICATE INTERNALLY WITH THE BANK UNDER ITS OWN MAME OF QUOTE REPUBLIC OF CHINA UNQUOTE. THE OFFICIAL DESIGNATION PROPOSED WAS QUOTE TAIPEI, CHINA UNQUOTE. WOLFOWITZ THOUGHT THE PRC HAD NOW REACHED THE LIMIT OF ITS CONCESSIONS. IT WOULD NOW DEPEND ON WHETHER TAIWAN WOULD ACQUIESCE IN A SOLUTION ON THESE LINES. IF TAIWAN LEFT THE ADA, THERE WOULD BE MAJOR PROBLEMS FOR CONTINUED US FUNDING OF THE RANKAND FOR US/CHINA RELATIONS. THE ADMINISTRATION WERE QUOTE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE UNQUOTETO MAKE TAIWAN STAY IN, AND HAD ADVISED FUJIOKA TO TRY TO POSTPONE A VOTE FOR A
LITTLE LONGER.
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