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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE TOKYO
TELNO 485
OF 311845Z JULY 90
CONFIDENTIAL
HKC 182 12
RECEIVED IN S
O 1 AUG 1990
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ESK OF
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, BTC HONG KONG
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MDHOAN 3392
YOUR TELNO 610: HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT
YOU ASKED FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHINESE POSITION ON PADS (FOLLOWING MR MAUDE'S RECENT VISIT) BEFORE YOUR CALL ON KUMAGAI ON 1 AUGUST.
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MR MAUDE RAISED PADS WITH EACH OF HIS INTERLOCUTORS (INCLUDING LI PENG), STRESSING THAT THE AIRPORT PROJECT WAS ESSENTIAL TO HONG KONG'S CONTINUED PROSPERITY AFTER 1997 AS
WELL AS TO THAT OF THE WHOLE PEARL RIVER DELTA: THAT IT WOULD NOT PLACE A HEAVY FINANCIAL BURDEN ON THE HONG KONG SAR GOVERNMENT AFTER 1997: AND THAT CONFIDENCE IN THE VIABILITY OF THE PROJECT WOULD BE GREATLY ENHANCED BY A POSITIVE STATEMENT OF CHINESE SUPPORT.
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LI PENG ACKNOWLEDGED THE NEED FOR A NEW AIRPORT CA
NEW AND WELCOME DEVELOPMENT) BUT CONTINUED TO EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT THE COST OF THE PROJECT AND INDICATED THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WOULD WANT TO TAKE ADVICE FROM THEIR OWN EXPERTS BEFORE FORMING A DEFINITIVE VIEW. MR MAUDE SAID THAT WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ARRANGE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH CHINESE EXPERTS IF THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD FIND THIS USEFUL.
4. IN TALKING TO MUMAGAI AND MITI, YOU MAY WISH TO EMPHASISE THAT DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO PEKING, MR MAUDE REINFORCED THE EFFORTS WE AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MAKING TO CONVINCE THE CHINESE OF THE DESIRABILITY AND VIABILITY OF THE PROJECT: THAT THE CHINESE ARE NOW EVALUATING THE DETAILED INFORMATION GIVEN TO THEM BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT: AND THAT WE ARE SDENCOURAGED BY THE FACT THAT THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP HAVE NOW CLEARLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE NEED FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN HONG KONG.
5. THE DTI ARE REPLYING SEPARATELY TO PARA 3 OF TUR.
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