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COMMENTS BY PHILIP BOWRING

DATE: 2 February 1987

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Very helpful. Please + Mircea tovare, Hokozo

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1.

In his minute to you dated 23 January Sir David Wilson asked

for background on the 1979 events which were the subject of comments

by Philip Bowring when interviewed on the BBC World Service on 19

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January.

2.

I attach:

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(a)

the record of Lord MacLehose's conversation with Deng, 29

March 1979;

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(e)

3.

Hong Kong's telegram No 445 giving Lord MacLehose's opening

statement to a press conference on his return from China to

Hong Kong, 6 April 1979 (not January);

the record of questions and answers at the same press

conference;

the New China News Agency report of Hua Guofeng's press

conference 7 October 1979;

Hong Kong's telegram No. 1387 of 8 October 1979 giving the line to be taken in responding to enquiries about

Hua Guofeng's statement

As you will see. there was some discussion between Deng and

Lord MacLehose about the New Territories lease (paragraphs 9 - 10 of

(a)) as well as about the question of land leases in the New Territories (paragraph 4)、 At his press conference Lord MacLehose

replied to a question whether the New Territories lease was brought up by saying that the visit was not an appropriate occasion for

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