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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, B T C HONG KONG INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON
MCCONNELL HONG KONG POLICY ACT.
1.
AT THE MFA PRESS CONFERENCE ON 17 OCTOBER, THE CHINA NEWS SERVICE (CNS) ASKED FOR THE SPOKESMAN'S COMMENTS ON THE MCCONNELL HONG KONG POLICY ACT. WU JIANMIN REPLIED THAT HONG KONG WAS A QUESTION FOR CHINA AND THE UK. IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE FOR OTHERS TO MEDDLE.
COMMENT.
2. THE CNS IS GENERALLY REGARDED AS SEMI-OFFICIAL AND THIS QUESTION SEEMED TO BE ONE OF THE THREE QUESTIONS PLANTED BY THE MFA AT THE NEWS CONFERENCE.
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