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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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MIPT: HONG KONG CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS: HANDLING THE CHINESE
1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF SPEAKING NOTE.
BEGINS.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER QIAN QICHEN IN NEW YORK AND HOPES THAT IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE REAL PROGRESS. SINCE INTERNATIONAL ISSUES WILL ALREADY HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AT THE TROIKA MEETING THIS WILL ENABLE THE TWO MINISTERS TO CONCENTRATE PRIMARILY ON HONG KONG AND OTHER ESSENTIAL BILATERAL INTERESTS.
- IT WILL ALSO BE OF GREAT ASSISTANCE THAT JLG XXIV WILL HAVE JUST TAKEN PLACE IN LONDON. IF ANY BUSINESS FROM THAT MEETING STILL REQUIRES A POLITICAL DECISION TO ACHIEVE PROGRESS, THE SECRETARY OF STATE HOPES THAT THAT WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NEW YORK.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL WISH TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF THE FOREIGN MINISTER ON HOW THE GOVERNOR AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SEE THE WAY AHEAD ON CERTAIN MAJOR HONG KONG FOLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES AND HOW WE PROPOSE TO CONSULT ABOUT THOSE ASPECTS WHICH RELATE TO CONVERGENCE IN 1997.
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