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TO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
TELNO 119
OF 16163OZ NOVEMBER 89
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 248: INTERNATIONALISATION OF THE HONG KONG QUESTION:
PRESS LINE
1. WE TOO HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING HOW TO SCOTCH THE QUOTE INTERNATIONALISATION UNQUOTE COMPLAINT, WHICH, AS YOU SAY IS NOW AN ESTABLISHED PART OF THE CHINESE LITANY. WE AGREE THAT WE
SHALL NEED TO PREPARE A STATEMENT FOR JLG XIV ALONG THE LINES OF THAT ON SUBVERSION USED AT JLG XIII, IE ONE WHICH KE CAN PRESENT TO SENIOR LEADERS AS OFFERING REASSURANCE ON THE JD POINT BUT WHICH RESERVES OUR POSITION ON THE RIGHT TO DISCUSS HONG KONG WITH THIRD COUNTRIES.
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MEANWHILE, WE THINK YOUR SUGGESTED PRESS LINE HITS JUST THE RIGHT NOTE. WE ONLY HAVE TWO MINOR COMMENTS, WE THINK THE REFERENCE TO QUOTE THE PROVISIONS OF THE JD UNQUOTE IN THE LAST
TIRET COULD BE MISUNDERSTOOD. WE WOULD PREFER THIS SENTENCE TO READ QUOTE DISCUSS AND PROMOTE HONG KONG'S FUTURE STABILITY AND
PROSPERITY WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS . . UNQUOTE. WE WOULD ALSO
PREFER TO DELETE QUOTE CITY UNQUOTE IN THE SECOND TIRET.
NEWS DEPARTMENT WILL USE THE SAME LINE IF NECESSARY, ALTHOUGH
IT IS NOT A LIVE ISSUE HERE AT THE MOMENT.
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