UNCLASSIFIED
103035
MDHIAN 1736
THE REPORTS OF DENG'S REMARKS ON HK WERE TRUE, THE MOST SERIOUS REMARK WAS THAT CHINA WOULD INTERVENE IF AND WHEN HK BECAME A BASE FOR TOPPLING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND THE SOCIALIST
SYSTEM. THE PAPER BELIEVED THAT DENG HAD ASKED SIR Y.K. ΤΟ RELAY MORE MESSAGE TO THE BRITISH SIDE. HOWEVER, IT SAID THAT HK PEOPLE HAD NO INTENTION OF TURNING THE TERRITORY INTO A BASE FOR TOPPLING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT OR THE SOCIALIST SYSTEM. IT AGREED WITH THE GOVERNOR THAT HK PEOPLE MUST NOT GET INVOLVED IN COMPLEX CHINESE INTERNAL AFFAIRS. IT ALSO AGREED WITH
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY JOHN MAJOR'S CALL FOR A TRUCE IN THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA. THE PAPER ADDED THAT AFTER ALL HK'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY COULD ONLY BE ASSURED BY CO-OPERATION BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA.
WILSON
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
.HK AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNERS
PUSD
PS
ADDITIONAL
HK AGREEMENT
NNNN
57
10
DISTRIBUTION
67
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/LORD BRABAZON
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
SIR A WATTS
MR MCLAREN
MR MOSS
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