TNAG-1882-FCO40-2673-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-China-Chinese-complaints-con-1989 — Page 18

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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

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HONG KONG TELNO 3862 : PEOPLE'S DAILY COMMENTATOR ARTICLE.

HIGGINS IS ELUSIVE CHE MAY BE TRAVELLING). WE HAVE LEFT MESSAGES ASKING HIM TO CONTACT US.

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2. IN THE MEANTIME, WE SUSPECT THAT HIS CONCLUSION THAT THE MAIN TARGET OF THE PEOPLE'S DAILY EDITORIAL WAS THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG WAS BASED ON HIS OWN INTERPRETATION OF THE ARTICLE, POSSIBLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE SUBSEQUENT INITIAL, UNCORRECTED REPORTS IN THE HONG KONG PRESS OF LI HOU'S AND LU PING'S COMMENTS TO THE PRESS IN CANTON CHONG KONG TELNOS 3850 AND 3865).

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