FAGE THREE XBGR0737 CONFD
REMAINED.
6.SIR DAVID SAID AN UNUSUAL POLITICAL MATRIX WAS NOW INTPUTING
FROM ALL SIDES INVOLVING UK, COMPLEX PATTERNS IN
CHINA ITSELF, AND LIKELIHOOD THAT POLITICS IN EKONG WILL FEAT D
AND COMPLICATE NEXT YEAR WITH DIRECT FLECTIONS.IN CHINA THERE
KERE OBVIOUSLY CONFUSED LINKS BETWEEN THE LEADERSHIP AND THE
WORKING LEVELS ON EKONG.THERE WAS A TOUGH POLITICAL LINE AND A
SCFT ECONOMIC LINE AND NO WAY TO RECONCILE THEM, WITH MANY
BUREAUCRATIC PROBLEMS. FOR EXAMPLE CAAC WAS STOCKING PROGRESS CN
FURTHER AIR SERVICE AGREEMENTS. FOR NOW KONG'S STRATEGY WAS TO
WORA FATIENTLY ON LOW KEY ISSUES IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP AND
TRY TO KEEP MOVING AHEAD.
7.FROELEM ON CHINESE SIDE WAS UNREASONABLE FFAR OF KONG AS
BASE FOR SUBVERSION AND INSTABILITY AND UNDERLYING PSYCHOLOGY
RELATED TO FACE, HISTORICAL GRIEVANCE AND SOVEREIGNTY.THERE IS
ALSO A QUESTION OF PRIDE, AND THE MISTAKEN BELIFF HAT CHINA CAN
RUN HKONG BETTER THAN HKONG PFOPLE DO NOW.THUS PRACTICAL MATTERS
HARDENED INTO ISSUES OF PRINCIPLE AND WEPE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO
NEGOTIATE NOW.
B.SIR DAVID UNDERLINED HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY FROM LEN THAT HAS
EFEN THE RULF ON MOST POLICY MATTERS HFPE FOR YEARS. THIS AUTONOMY
HAD/EAD TO BE TRESERVED WITH AKONG LEADERS AND FUBLIC SERVANTS
FILLING THE VOID.BUT HIS BIGGEST WORRY WAS THAT CHINA WLD WANT A
WILER ROLE AND BECOME OVER-INVOLVED IN DETAIL OF ISSUES. THIS WID
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