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VISIT OF AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO HONG KONG

1. WE UNDERSTAND THAT MR HAYDEN PLANS TO VISIT HONG KONG ON

7 MARCH, AND IS SEEKING AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOU.

2. ACCORDING TO THE DFA, MR HAYDEN WILL BE HOPING FOR A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF PROGRESS WITH IMPLEMENTING THE ANGLO- CHINESE AGREEMENT, AND HAS NO PARTICULAR POINTS TO RAISE.

3. THE AUSTRALIANS HAD TALKS IN CANBERRA LAST WEEK WITH ZHU QIZHEN, CHINESE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER, WHO SAID NOTHING PUBLICLY BUT IN PRIVATE EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT ALL WAS GOING WELL IN HONG KONG, AND THAT THE TRANSITION OF POWER COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED SMOOTHLY.

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