CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2814
OF 02110OZ DECEMBER 92
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
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OUR TELNO 2692: HONG KONG/TAIWAN RELATIONS.
SUMMARY
1. NCNA RAISE HONG KONG'S 'TAIWAN POLICY' AND ASK WHETHER RECENT ACTIONS MEAN WE ARE DEPARTING FROM 1972 COMMUNIQUE. PROPOSED VISIT OF DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE AND TAIPEI INFORMATION AND CULTURE CENTRE ADDED TO PREVIOUS LIST OF COMPLAINTS. WE REFUTE OLD POINTS AS IN TUR: EXPLAIN TSANG WILL BE VISITING UNDER APEC AUSPICES: AND NOTE COMMENTS ON REPORTED CENTRE.
DETAIL
CHEN RONGCHUN CALLED AT HIS REQUEST ON THE POLITICAL ADVISER ON 2 DECEMBER TO DISCUSS HONG KONG'S RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN.
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CHEN SAID NCNA HAD NOTED THAT THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, DONALD TSANG WOULD BE VISITING TAIWAN WITH A HKG DELEGATION IN JANUARY. (NB. THE VISIT WAS ORIGINALLY DUE TO TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK BUT HAS BEEN POSTPONED). CHEN SAID THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND OFFICIAL CONTACT BETWEEN HKG AND THE TAIWAN AUTHORITIES SINCE THE GOVERNOR MET HSU SHENGFA (SEE TUR). THEY EXPRESSED THEIR SERIOUS CONCERN AT THIS.
4. CHEN SATED THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S RESOLUTE OPPOSITION TO ANY POLICY OF 'TWO CHINAS OR ONE CHINA, ONE TAIWAN, OR ONE COUNTRY TWO GOVERNMENTS'. THE TAIWANESE AUTHORITIES USED VARIOUS METHODS TO TRY AND DEVELOP OFFICIAL AND SEMI-OFFICIAL RELATIONS WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. THE CHINESE HAD ALWAYS BEEN OPPOSED TO THIS.
5. RECENTLY THE GOVERNOR HAD MET HSU, AND THE HKG HAD ALLOWED THE TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE ADVOCATE PENG MINGMIN TO COME TO HONG KONG. WHAT WAS THE AIM BEHIND THIS QUERY. DID HMG/HKG STILL
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