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MDHOAN 6789,
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TO DESKBY 10020OZ WASHINGTON
TELNO 621
OF 09070OZ APRIL 90
INFO DESKBY 100200Z CANBERRA, WELLINGTON,
INFO DESKBY 100200Z PEKING, OTTAWA
INFO DESKBY 10050OZ BONN
INFO DESKBY 100600Z PARIS, ROME, OSLO
INFO DESKBY 100700Z COPENHAGEN, STOCKHOLM
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INFO DESKBY 100745Z THE HAGUE, BRUSSELS, LUXEMBOURG
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OUR TELNOS 615 AND 616 TO WASHINGTON: INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT: STATEMENT IN HONG KONG
1. FOLLOWING IS REVISED TEXT OF PUBLIC STATEMENT WHICH MR MAUDE WILL MAKE IN HONG KONG AT 0230Z ON 10 APRIL.
2. QUOTE. AS DOUGLAS HURD SAID ON 20 DECEMBER, WHILE HONG KONG IS A BRITISH RESPONSIBILITY, IT IS ALSO AN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, WITH HUGE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT. ITS MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS HAVE A STRONG INTEREST IN HONG KONG'S CONTINUING STABILITY AND PROSPERITY. WE UNDERTOOK TO ASK OUR PARTNERS AND ALLIES TO FOLLOW OUR LEAD IN INTRODUCING MEASURES TO REASSURE HONG KONG PEOPLE IN WAYS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY.
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WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS. IN THE THREE MONTHS SINCE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, WE HAVE MADE REPEATED REPRESENTATIONS AT A HIGH LEVEL TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF TWENTY COUNTRIES. THE PRIME MINISTER, THE FOREIGN SECRETARY AND I HAVE RAISED THE MATTER NEXT WORD UNDERLINED PERSONALLY WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS IN MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES. WE HAVE MADE IT CLEAR TO THEM THAT THE QUESTION OF THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG IS A MATTER FOR THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CHINA. NOTHING HAS, OR WILL, CHANGE ABOUT THAT. THIS WILL REMAIN THE CASE. THERE IS NO QUESTION OF GOING BACK ON THE PROVISIONS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION, NOR OF INTERNATIONALISING MATTERS WHICH ARE THE SOLE CONCERN OF BRITAIN AND CHINA.
4. IT IS IN FACT PRECISELY NEXT WORD UNDERLINED BECAUSE WE ARE CONCERNED TO MAINTAIN THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG - AS WE ARE OBLIGED TO DO UNDER THE JOINT DECLARATION THAT WE HAVE INTRODUCED MEASURES TO ENCOURAGE KEY PEOPLE TO REMAIN IN
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