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THIS, THE JUDGEMENT IS THAT IT WOULD BE WRONG TO MAKE ANYONE ELSE PREMIER. THEREAFTER, ALTHOUGH AN ACTING PREMIER COULD BE NAMED, A SUBSTANTIINE APPOINTMENT COULD NOT CONSTITUTIONALLY BE MADE UNTIL THE NEXT PLENARY MEETING OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, DUE IN THE

SPRING OF 1988.

HONG KONG.

8. HAVE READ HONG KONG TELNO.362 WITH GREAT INTEREST. SO FAR AS HONG KONG ITSELF MS CONCERNED, MY CONTINUED BELIEF IS THAT THE CHINESE WILL HONOUR THE TERMS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION, AS THEY

INTERPRET THEM, SO LONG AS POLICY-MAKING IS DETERMINED (ALTHOUGH NECESSARILY WITHIN A BROAD DEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK) BY THE IDENTIFICATION AND PURSUIT OF INTEREST. DO NOT INTERPRET THE EVENTS OF THE PAST MONTH AS BEING IN THEMSELVES, OR FORESHADOWING A DEPARTURE FROM THIS GENERAL POSTURE. IN MY JUDGEMENT, DENG, ZHAO, J PENGFE AND THE REST WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE IN THE FOREFRONT OF THEIR MINDS THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE VALUE OF HONG KONG TO CHINA'S PROGRAMME OF MODERNISAT HON. THE MODEL OF HONG KONG FOR TAIWAN AND A LIVELY CONCERN ABOUT CHINA'S REPUTATION FOR GOOD INTERNATIONAL

BEHAVIOUR.

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9. DO, HOWEVER, QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY HU'S DISMISSAL AND THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST BOURGEOIS LIBERALISATION SHOULD HAVE CAUSED SO MUCH ANXIETY IN HONG KONG. IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT SEISMIC EVENTS STILL OCCUR IN CHINESE POLITICS WITH LITTLE WARNING AND THAT DENG HIMSELF KS FIRMLY OPPOSED TO ANY GRAVITATION BY MAINLAND CHINA TOWARDS THE SECOND OF THE TWO SYSTEMS IN HIS FAMOUS FORMULA

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