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FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 10090OZ FCO
TELNO 3344
OF 10082OZ OCTOBER 89
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 2029: AMBASSADOR KE'S REMARKS IN THE PEOPLE'S DAILY, 9 OCTOBER
TA KUNG PAO, HK ECONOMIC JOURNAL WEN WEI PO AND THE LOCAL EDITION OF THE PEOPLES DAILY ALL CARRIED IDENTICAL VERSIONS OF KE'S INTERVIEW WITH NCNA. OTHER PAPERS CARRIED A SUMMARY. WE DO NOT YET HAVE A FULL ENGLISH TEXT. BUT THE ARTICLE IN THE SCMP CORRESPONDS CLOSELY TO THE WORDING IN THE CHINESE PRESS. WE ARE FAXING RELEVANT
EXTRACTS.
2. THE WAY THE CHINESE HAVE ARRANGED, AND THEN HIGHLIGHTED, KE'S INTERVIEW, IS SOMETHING OF A PUZZLE. THERE IS NOTHING NEW IN WHAT HE SAYS. HE HAS MADE THE SAME POINTS IN SPEAKING TO JOURNALISTS IN LONDON AFTER THE JLG. AFTER HIS RETURN TO HONG KONG FROM THE JLG, SEEMED AT PAINS NOT TO REPEAT THE SAME REMARKS BUT THE TALK OPTIMISTICALLY ABOUT OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS BEING GRADUALLY RESOLVED.
KE
3. THE FCO SPOKESMAN'S COMMENTS YESTERDAY ON THE KE ARTICLE HAVE BEEN GIVEN CONSIDERABLE PROMINENCE HERE. SO THE NEW KE OUTBURST HAS
GONE UNANSWERED. BECAUSE OF THIS I SEE NO/NO NEED FOR FURTHER ON THE
RECORD RESPONSE.
WILSON
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