TNAG-1991-FCO40-2831-Future-of-Hong-Kong-British-Nationality-(Hong-Kong)-Selectio-1990 — Page 74

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG

TO PRIORITY PEKING

TELNO 4107

OF 131105Z DECEMBER 89

INFO PRIORITY PEKING

ZHOU NAN

INTERVIEW

UNCLASSIFIED

257

114465

MDLIAN 3845

© pa Nationality: Chinese attitudes

2

HKD 340716

RECEIVED IN REGISTR

0 8 JAN 1990

DESK OFFICEH

INDEX

PA

warning

ISTRY

jaken

Looks like it.

✓ 14/12

shat on

for

13/12

right or abode?

WEN WEI PO OF 12 DECEMBER REPORTS IN SOME DETAIL AN INTERVIEW GIVEN BY ZHOU NAN ON THE EVE OF THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE JD. ZHOU WAS UPBEAT ABOUT THE PROSPECTS FOR HONG KONG GIVEN THE OVERALL PROSPECTS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION IN THE 21ST CENTURY, AND PROVIDED BOTH SIDES UNDERTOOK THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.

2. ZHOU PROTESTED THAT CHINA HAD DONE NOTHING TO HARM EITHER HONG KONG OR BRITAIN, BUT THAT THINGS HAD BEEN SAID AND DONE ON OUR SIDE AGAINST THE JOINT DECLARATION. HE REITERATED CRITICISM OF INTERNATIONALISATION AND A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE USING HONG KONG FOR SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES. HE CLAIMED THAT THESE ACTIONS WOULD, THEY WERE TO CONTINUE, HAVE A DAMAGING INFLUENCE ON HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY.

IF

3. ZHOU STRESSED THAT NO CHANGES TO THE JOINT DECLARATION COULD BE PERMITTED, HE ALSO SAID THAT ''NOT ONLY WAS THE JOINT DECLARATION LIKE THIS (I.E. IMMUTABLE) BUT ALSO RELATED AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES COULD NOT LIGHTLY BE CHANGES BY ONE SIDE''

·

WILSON

YYYY

DISTRIBUTION

62

ΜΑΙΝ

59

.HONG KONG AGREEMENT

. (RESTRICTED)

LIMITED

HKD

HD/FED

·

PAGE

NEWS D

PS/MR MAUDE

PS/LORD BRABAZON

MR GILLMORE

MR MCLAREN

1

UNCLASSIFIED