TNAG-2469-FCO40-3593-Most-favoured-nation-status-for-China-Hong-Kong-interests-1992 — Page 63

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DEMOCRACY PROPOSALS BY PUTTING COMMERCIAL INTERESTS AT RISK. THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN HONG KONG HAD EXPRESSED ITS CONCERN TO THE U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL. IN STRICT CONFIDENCE, STATE TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE PLANNING TO RAISE THIS DISCRETELY WITH THE CHINESE, ARGUING THAT PEKING'S EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE INVESTOR CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG DIRECTLY AFFECTED U.S. INTERESTS.

SIGNED S D PATTISON

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