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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 457
OF 101233Z MARCH 92
INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PEKING
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YOUR TELNO 702: COMMENTS BY LU PING
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1. YOU WILL HAVE SEEN FROM FCO TELNO 184 TO PEKING THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE RAISED WITH QIAN, AS YOU SUGGESTED, THE GENERAL QUESTION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS BY CHINESE OFFICIALS ON HONG KONG MATTERS.
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BURNS FOLLOWED UP IN THE MARGINS BY GIVING YANG GUIRONG (DIRECTOR OF THE WEST EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT OF THE MFA) A NOTE WITH EXAMPLES OF RECENT PUBLIC COMMENTS BY CHINESE OFFICIALS WHICH HAD CAUSED US CONCERN.
3. THE NOTE (FAXED TO HONG KONG AND PEKING) COVERED THE COMMENTS BY LU PING ON THE BUDGET AND THE AIRPORT TERMINAL DESIGN CONTRACT AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC COMMENTS BY GUO FENGMIN AND OTHER CHINESE OFFICIALS ON RTHK. IT DREW ON THE MATERIAL IN YOUR TELNOS 708 AND 717 TO REBUT LU PING'S SPECIFIC ALLEGATIONS ON THE BUDGET AND THE MOTT CONNELL CONTRACT, AND WE ALSO HANDED OVER THE TRANSCRIPT OF WHAT LU PING WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID IN EACH CASE.
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THE CHINESE TOOK DELIVERY OF THIS NOTE AND UNDERTOOK TO STUDY IT.
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