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PEKING TELNO 2040 TO YOU: REMARKS BY LI HOU AND LU PING: NATIONALITY

TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THE CHINESE HAVE COMMENTED ON THE PACKAGE ON THREE PREVIOUS OCCASIONS. THE FIRST WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE LORDS DEBATE IN MARCH 1989 (PARA 5 OF HK TELNO 1016 REFERS), THE SECOND WAS QIAN QICHEN'S REMARK THAT THE GRANTING OF BRITISH CITIZENSHIP TO HONG KONG PEOPLE WAS AN INTERNAL AFFAIR OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THE THIRD WAS TONG YUK-HON'S ARTICLE IN THE TA KUNG PAO OF 22 OCTOBER. COPIES OF THE SCMP REPORT ON QIAN'S REMARK AND OF TONG'S ARTICLE (THE LATTER

ALREADY SENT BY BAG) FOLLOW BY FAX. AS POINTED OUT IN OUR TELNO 3859, THE RECENT REMARKS BY LI HOU AND LU PING IS THE FIRST TIME, HOWEVER, THAT POSSIBLE PROBLEMS OF ALLEGIANCE HAVE BEEN RAISED.

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