GRS 300
CONFIDENTIAL
FM BONN
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 552
OF 260725Z JUNE 86
Confidential
INFO ROUTINE ROME, PARIS, HONG KONG, PEKING
INFO SAVING WASHINGTON
278) YOUR TELNG 412 TO PARIS: VISIT BY HU YAORANG
1. THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
PA
HKK_02612
RECEIVED
30 JUN 1986
DESK OF
INDEX
1) NONE. IN CONTRAST HU GOT ON FAMOUSLY WITH STRAUSS, CSU.
PA
2) LI PENG DID NOT PLAY A PROMINENT ROLE DURING THE VISIT. HE MERELY
ADVISED HU ON QUESTIONS WHERE HU'S KNOWLEDGE WAS CLEARLY LIMITED.
3) THE AUSWAERTIGES AMT CONSIDER PRESSURE FROM HUMAN PIGHTS
ACTIVISTS TO HAVE BEEN NORMAL FOR SUCH A VISIT. AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL SENT THEIR CUSTOMARY LETTER AND THERE WAS SOME
PRESSURE FROM CHURCH GROUPS OVER THE PLIGHT OF ROMAN CATHOLIC
PRIESTS AND FROM THE GREENS OVER TIBET.
4) IN HIS SPEECH TO INDUSTRIALISTS HU HAD SAID HE WAS NOT IN FAVOUR
OF MECHANICALLY MAINTAINING A TRADE BALANCE. BUT IN THE LONG RUN,
THE FRG MUST PUY MORE FROM CHINA. THE GERMANS IN RESPONSE HAD AGREED
THAT CHINA SHOULD BE THE PARTNER COUNTRY'' AT NEXT YEAR'S HANOVER
FAIR. BUT IT WAS UP TO THE CHINESE TO ENSURE THEIR EXPORTS WERE
COMPETITIVE. GERMAN EXPORTS WERE NOT ALWAYS CHEAPEST, BUT QUALITY
HAD A PRICE.
5) ALTHOUGH HU DID NOT RAISE HONG KONG WITH GENSCHER, ACCORDING TO STERCKEN (CHAIRMAN OF BUNDESTAG FAC) HE REFERRED TO HONG KONG IN
WARM TERMS IN HIS TALKS WITH KOHL. HE SAID HE HAD GREAT CONFIDENCE
IN HONG KONG'S FUTURE AND REPEATED THE ASSURANCE THAT HONG KONG'S
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS WERE SAFE.
2. PRESS COVERAGE OF THE VISIT WAS EXTENSIVE AND ENTIRELY
FAVOURABLE. THE OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS WERE WIDELY COVERED AS WAS HU'S
MAIN SPEECH TO INDUSTRIALISTS. LEAD ARTICLES REFERRED TO A STATE OF
RELATIONS WHICH COULD ''HARDLY BE BETTER'' AND PRAISED THE CHINESE
LEADERSHIP FOR OPENING UP TO THE WEST. HU WAS WIDELY NAMED AS DENG'S
NUMBER TWO AND LIKELY SUCCESSOR.
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PESTELL
FCO PLEASE PASS TO SAVING WASHINGTON
Limited FED HKD
MR WILSON
REPEATED AS REQUESTED
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