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041355 MDLIAN 4088
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FM WELLINGTON
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 263
OF 050415Z JULY 91
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING
INFO ROUTINS CANBERRA, WASHINGTON, BTC HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 219 TO ATHENS: CHINA/HONG KONG: THE AIRPORT PROJECT: VISIT OF PRIME MINISTER TO CHINA
SUMMARY
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INSTRUCTIONS CARRIED OUT. NEW ZEALAND EXTERNAL RELATIONS MINISTER SUBSEQUENTLY ISSUES STATEMENT APPLAUDING THIS BREAKTHROUGH.
DETAIL
2. I CARRIED OUT THE INSTRUCTIONS IN YOUR TUR WITH ANSELL, SECRETARY (IE PERMANENT SECRETARY) OF THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. I TOLD HIM THAT WE WERE GIVING THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT ADVANCE WARNING OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS BOTH AS A CLOSE FRIEND AND BECAUSE
I ENCOURAGED
OF THEIR SIGNIFICANT INTERESTS IN HONG KONG. I WAS SURE THAT THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG WOULD WANT TO EXPLAIN THE BACKGROUND ON THIS AND OTHCER ISSUES WHEN HE CAME HERE LATER IN THE YEAR. ANSELL TO SECURE FAVOURABLE COMMENT FROM THE MINISTER OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS. ANSELL THANKED US WARMLY FOR LETTING THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT KNOW IN ADVANCE AND SAID THAT HE WOULD
DRAW THE MATTER IMMEDIATELY TO THE ATTENTION OF MINISTERS.
3. THE MINISTER OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS (AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER), MCKINNON, HAS TODAY ISSUED A STATEMENT WELCOMING THE NEWS OF A BREAKTHROUGH IN NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN LONDON AND PEKING ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG. TEXT IN MIFT.
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