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MDLIAN 4343
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TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 362
OF 052244Z JULY 91
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG, PEKING, WASHINGTON
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YOUR TELNO 219 TO ATHENS. CHINA/HONG KONG : AIRPORT PROJECT : VISIT OF PRIME MINISTER TO CHINA
SUMMARY
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CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PLEASED AT THE AGREEMENT AND SYMPATHETIC TO OUR APPROACH. MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ISSUES WELCOMING STATEMENT.
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WE SPOKE TO JEAN MCCLOSKEY, ASSISTANT DEPUTY MINISTER (DUS EQUIVALENT, DEA) ON 3 JULY. SHE WAS SYMPATHETIC TO OUR SUGGESTION THAT DEA COMMENT FAVOURABLY. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ISSUED A WELCOMING STATEMENT TO THE PRESS ON 5 JULY (TEXT IN MIFT).
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THE PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE TOLD US THAT THE PRIME MINISTER WAS ALSO GLAD THAT AGREEMENT HAD BEEN REACHED. HE HAD CONSIDERED MAKING A STATEMENT HIMSELF BUT WAS CONCERNED THE CANADIAN PRESS WOULD AGAIN TURN IT TO HIS DISADVANTAGE IN THE WAKE OF STRONG PRESS CRITICISM OF SEVERAL OF HIS REMARKS ON HIS RECENT TRIP TO HONG KONG. DISCUSSION OF WHO SHOULD MAKE THE STATEMENT DELAYED IT BY 24 HOURS.
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