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MOLIAN 9307
UNCLASSIFIED
FM TOKYO
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 842
OF 020743Z DECEMBER 92
Ma
chuile vendin.
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
MY TELNO 835: HONG KONG
1.
FOLLOWING IS A PASSAGE FROM FORMER PRIME MINISTER KAIFU'S SPEECH LAST NIGHT TO THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE JAPAN BRITISH
SOCIETY IN TOKYO.
BEGINS ANOTHER ISSUE IN ASIA, WHICH IS OF GREAT CONCERN TO BOTH JAPAN AND GREAT BRITAIN, IS THE RETURN OF HONG KONG TO CHINESE RULE IN 1997. SUSTAINING THE VITALITY AND PROSPERITY OF PRESENT-DAY HONG KONG UNDER THE ''ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS ' ARRANGEMENT, IN LINE WITH THE FORMULA OUTLINED IN THE 1984 SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION, IS A MATTER OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE FOR HONG KONG ITSELF, FOR CHINA, AND FOR THE STABILITY OF THE ENTIRE ASIAN REGION, INCLUDING JAPAN. HAVING BEEN FULLY INFORMED OF PRIME MINISTER MAJOR'S STANCE ON THIS ISSUE, I OFFERED WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO GOVERNOR PATTEN WHEN I VISITED HONG KONG IN SEPTEMBER AND EXPLAINED MR MAJOR'S POLICY TO MR JIANG ZEMIN, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, IN CHINA AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER. JAPAN WILL CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED WITH
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG AND TO OFFER ITS COOPERATION.
ENDS
2.
I THANKED KAIFU FORMALLY, IN PUBLIC. WE SHALL ENCOURAGE
WIDER CIRCULATION.
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