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HE SAID FULL.''
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HAS ''UPHELD AND WILL UPHOLD HONG KONG'S INTERESTS TO THE
2. AT THE END OF MY CALL ON KE ZAISHUO ON 22 JANUARY TO DISCUSS THE
REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENS IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT KE SAID THAT HE
WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF WE COULD PROVIDE HIM WITH THE TEXT OF THE
SECRETRY OF STATE'S STATEMENT(S) IN THE DEBATE. I UNDERTOOK TO LET
HIM HAVE COPIES AS SOON AS WE RECEIVED THEM. HE ADDED THAT THE MFA
HAD RECEIVED A NUMBER OF TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES FROM JOURNALISTS BASED IN PEKING, SEEKING CHINESE COMMENTS ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S REMARKS ABOUT THE CHARGE THAT THE UK HAD SOUGHT TO BETTER ITS
RELATIONS WITH CHINA AT THE EXPENSE OF THE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG. HE SAID THAT THE MFA HAD DECLINED TO COMMENT, BUT THAT THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY HAD PUBLISHED A COMMENTARY (WHICH WE HAVE NOT YET SEEN)
TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY SUCH CHARGE WAS UNJUSTIFIED.
3. I THANKED KE FOR THESE REMARKS.
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