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1 TIM THAHANE, WORLD BANK VP AND SECRETARY, CALLED ON SMA ON CAS 30 DECEMBER 91 TO BRIEF US ON THE OUTCOME OF HIS DISCUSSIONS IN HMS

BEIJING WITH THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND IN HONG KONG WITH GUO FENGMIN, THE SENIOR CHINESE REPRESENTATIVE JLG

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CHINA REAFFIRMED THEIR STRONG SUPPORT OF THE BID FOR HK TO HOST THE MEETINGS AND ASSURED THAHANE THAT THEY WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THE PLANNING WORK IN HK AND THAT THE

PLANNING TEAM WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED AFTER 1997:

CHINA WOULD REFLECT ON THAHANE'S SUGGESTION THAT THE

CONDUCT OF THE MEETINGS SHOULD FOLLOW THE BERLIN MODEL THE BERLIN MAYOR SPOKE FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE FEDERAL MINISTER OF FINANCE AND FRG CHANCELLOR:

THAHANE TOLD THE CHINESE THAT (CONTRARY TO WHAT THE

CHINESE HAD PROPOSED) HE THOUGHT IT PREFERABLE FOR INVITATIONS TO THE MEETINGS TO BE ISSUED BY THE UK, AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE CHINESE, SINCE THERE WOULD BE AT LEAST FOUR YEARS OF PLANNING UNDER THE UK FLAG: AND

THAHANE LEFT A THOUGH WITH THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE THAT

AFTER 1997 CHINA SHOULD APPOINT AN ADVISER FROM THE HK

ADMINISTRATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHINESE ED AT THE BANK TO HELP ENSURE HK'S INTEREST.

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IN RESPONSE, SMA NOTED THAT THE WORLD BANK AND HK SHARED THE SAME CONCERN THAT THE MEETING SHOULD PROJECT A POSITIVE IMAGE OF HK, DEMONSTRATING THE AUTONOMY OF HK IN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL MATTERS AND HK'S STABILITY AFTER THE CHANGE-OVER IN 1997.

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