CONFIDENTIAL
اور
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELNO 2828
OF 12075OZ SEPTEMBER 91
+
HKD
R
$26/12
TOP COPY
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
112145
MDLIAN 9132
Q DIST? Suggened to FED
That Private Office will vid "no see. р.а.
j'izla
CALL BY DR. HENRY KISSINGER: 12 SEPTEMBER
DR. KISSINGER CALLED ON ME THIS MORNING. HE HAS SPENT 24 HOURS IN HONG KONG KONG AFTER A VISIT TO PEKING, DURING WHICH HE SAW LI PENG, JIANG ZEMIN AND YANG SHANGKUN.
1.
2.
DR. KISSINGER SAID THAT THE CHINESE HAD CLEARLY BEEN PLEASED WITH THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT AND HAD THOUGHT IT HAD GONE WELL. THEY DESCRIBED THE PRIME MINISTER'S EXCHANGES WITH LI PENG ON HUMAN RIGHTS AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW SUCH A SUBJECT COULD BE DISCUSSED IN AN ACCEPTABLE MANNER, EVEN IF THE TWO SIDES HAD DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW. THE IMPLICATION WAS THAT THE US SHOULD ADOPT A SIMILAR APPROACH, RATHER THAN SETTING TESTS THAT THE CHINESE WOULD HAVE TO PASS BEFORE THEY WERE GRANTED A VISIT BY A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT.
3. DR. KISSINGER SAID THAT HONG KONG HAD ONLY BEEN MENTIONED IN THIS POSITIVE CONTEXT. HOWEVER, THE CHINESE HAD ALSO TOLD HIM THAT ALTHOUGH THINGS WERE GOING WELL IN HONG KONG, THEY WOULD MAKE EVEN BETTER ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAIWAN. IT WAS INTERESTING AND USEFUL TO HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT THEY STILL SEE HONG KONG AS A PRECEDENT FOR THEIR TREATMENT OF TAIWAN.
WILSON
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
66
LIMITED
HKD
FED
NAD
DISTRIBUTION
70
PAGE
PUSD
RAD
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
1
CONFIDENTIAL
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.