TNAG-2512-FCO40-3665-Future-of-Hong-Kong-International-Rights-and-Obligations-(IR-1992 — Page 72

CODE 18-77

Miss Woodward

CFSP Unit

CHINA: EURO PQ FROM MRS EWING

Reference.

0314

1.

We spoke about your minute of 12 October.

2.

We suggest the following reply.

65

per.

Human Rights.

"Certain recent reports indicate that some individuals from Hong Kong, and possibly Taiwan, have travelled to China privately for transplant operations involving organs removed from executed prisoners. This matter has not been discussed by Foreign Ministers in the framework of the European Political Cooperation. The Twelve take every opportunity to express their concerns about human rights to the Chinese authorities."

CP Greenwood

Far Eastern Department

WH 240

270 2958

19 October 1992

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HKD