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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1341
OF 081548Z SEP 92
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
HKA 177/1
INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO PRIORITY HANOI
(65)
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YOUR TELNO 2257 AND OUR TELNO 1334: VIETNAMESE VESSELS NEAR HONG KONG
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CHINESE SEIZURE OF
AS FORESHADOWED IN FIRST TUR, HUM (AUSS) CALLED IN ZHENG JINQIONG (MINISTER AT THE CHINESE EMBASSY) ON 8 SEPTEMBER TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE RECENT CHINESE SEIZURES OF VIETNAMESE VESSELS NEAR HONG KONG. HE SAID HMG WAS DISTURBED THAT PRC VESSELS WERE APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING TO EXERCISE JURISDICTION IN HONG KONG WATERS, AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO RESPONSE BY THE GUANGDONG AND SHENZHEN AUTHORITIES TO HKG'S REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION. (COPIES OF SPEAKING NOTE FOLLOW BY FAX TO BRADLEY, HONG KONG AND COATES, PEKING)
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IN RESPONSE ZHENG SAID THAT WHILE HE HAD READ THE REPORTS IN THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, HE HAD NO OTHER INFORMATION NOR KNEW THE CAUSES OF THE SEIZURES. BUT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT VIETNAMESE SHIPS WOULD BE DETAINED WITHOUT REASON. HE UNDERTOOK TO CONVEY OUR CONCERN TO PEKING.
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