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4.

Press Statements attributed to various Chinese Leaders

Most of these have already been reported to you;

they include -

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HK telno 3037 of 13.9.1989 HK teno 3836 of 20.11.1989 HK telno 3847 of 21.11.1989 HK telno 3868 of 23.11.1989 HK telno 215 of 17.1.1990 HK telno 239 of 18.1.1990 HK Telno 249 of 19.1.1990 Peking telno 328 of 1.3.1990 HK telno 798 of 2.3.1990

HK telno 846 of 7.3.1990

Looking through the records on newspaper cuttings, We have also come across three press articles which may be of interest to you and which do not seem to have been drawn to your attention; they are

(a) an article from Wen Wei Po of 30 December

1987;

(b)

an article from the Hong Kong Standard of 4 June 1988; and

(c)

an article from the Wah Kiu Yat Po of 14 July 1988.

(D) Press Articles which appear

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to have been Inspired by the Chinese Side

Again, most of them have been dravn to your

attention vide

HK telno 3859 of 22.11.1989

Memo dated 4.12.1989 from Cherry Ling to

FCO and Embassy, Peking, among others

HK telno 106 of 9.1.1990 HK telno 752 of 28.2.1990

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