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OCMIAN 1804

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FM FCOLN TO HOKON

221800Z JUL

GRS 161

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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELNO 1527

OF 221800Z JULY 86

AND TO PRIORITY PEKING

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3 JUL 1986

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FOLLOWING FROM WILSON, AUSS

YOUR TELNO 2380: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: PRESS COVERAGE:

PARA 6: DAYA BAY

1. FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH, I DID NOT, REPEAT NOT, SAY THAT HONG

KONG GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON DAYA BAY WOULD BE REFLECTED TO THE

CHINESE AT JLG MEETINGS.

CAUGHT BY A RADIO HONG KONG REPORTER

AT THE HKGO RECEPTION FOR THE NEW HONG KONG EXHIBITION AT THE

COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE AND ASKED WHAT REACTION WE HAD TO THE

SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN IN HONG KONG, I SAID THAT WE WOULD WAIT TO

RECEIVE REPORTS FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. ON THE JLG I

POINTED OUT THAT I WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO SAY WHAT WOULD OR

WOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED AND THAT THERE WERE MANY REGULAR CHANNELS

OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HMG AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. I AM

HOWEVER CORRECTLY QUOTED AS DENYING THAT THE BUILDING OF THE DAYA

BAY PLANT WAS IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS ON HONG

KONG'S FUTURE.

HOWE

LIMITED

HKD

FED

DR WILSON

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