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CPE/PRES/COP 511
30.10.87
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OBJET: CHINESE DEMARCHE TO THE TWELVE CONCERNING TIBET.
ON 29 OCTOBER THE DANISH AMBASSADOR IN PEKING WAS SUMMONED TO THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN HIS CAPACITY AS LOCAL RE- PRESENTATIVE OF THE PRESIDENCY.
MR. MEI ZHAORONG, DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF WEST EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, INFORMED HIM THAT HE HAD BEEN CALLED TO THE MINISTRY BECAUSE OF THE RESOLUTION OF 15 OCTOBER BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON THE SITUATION IN TIBET.
MR. MEI READ OUT THE FOLLOWING TALKING POINTS WHICH ARE COM- MUNICATED TO PARTNERS BELOW IN THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH:
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1) ON 15 OCTOBER 1987, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTED A SOCALLED 'RESOLULTION ON THE SITUATION IN TIBET'. THE RESOLUTION HAS SLAN- DEROUSLY ACCUSED CHINA OF PLACING TIBET UNDER OCCUPATION' AND OF HAVING 'BRUTALLY REPRESSED' THE TIBETAN RELIGION AND CULTURE AND HAS OPENLY SUPPORTED DALAI'S SOCALLED 'FIVE-POINT PROGRAM' WHICH HE PREACHED THE INDEPENDENCE OF TIBET IN A VAIN ATTEMPT TO SPLIT CHINA AND UNDERMINE THE NATIONAL UNITY. THIS CONSTITUTES A WANTON INTERFERENCE IN CHINA'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND HAS GREATLY EX- HURT THE NATIONAL FEELINGS OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE. WE HEREBY PRESS OUR STRONG INDIGNATION.
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2) EVER SINCE THE 13TH CENTURY TIBET HAS BEEN AN INALIENABLE PART OF CHINA'S SACRED TERRITORY, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE TIBETAN
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