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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2897
OF 15033OZ DECEMBER 92
INFO IMMEDIATE TOKYO, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
سلام
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YOUR TELNO 1718: HONG KONG: JAPANESE SUPPORT
1.
I DO NOT THINK THAT THE JAPANESE EMBASSY OFFER TO SPEAK HELPFULLY TO THE CHINESE IS FREE-LANCING. SOME OF MY RECENT JAPANESE VISITORS HAVE MADE SIMILAR OFFERS. MR TOSHIKI KAIFU (FORMER PRIME MINISTER), FOR EXAMPLE, SAID THAT HE HAD RESPONDED TO THE PRIME MINISTER'S REQUEST IN 1991 TO HELP HONG KONG BY EXPLAINING TO THE CHINESE THE IMPORTANCE OF HONG KONG IN THE REGION. HE HAD DONE THIS DURING HIS VISIT TO CHINA IN 1991 AND IN AUGUST THIS YEAR. MR KOICHIRO MATSUURA (DEPUTY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS) ALSO OFFERED TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY HE COULD. SUGGEST THAT HE PUT ACROSS THE MESSAGE THAT HONG KONG'S WAY OF LIFE AS AN OPEN SOCIETY WAS THE REASON WHY IT WAS STABLE AND PROSPEROUS. IF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY THOUGHT THAT OUR LAW AND ORDER OR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION WERE UNDER THREAT, THEY WOULD SOON MOVE THEIR MONEY ELSEWHERE.
2.
DURING MY VISIT TO JAPAN LAST MONTH, TSUTOMU HATA (THE FINANCE MINISTER) TOLD ME THAT HE TOOK EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO STRESS TO THE CHINESE THAT JAPAN HAD A GREAT INTEREST IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND TO REMIND THEM OF THE NEED TO KEEP HONG KONG UNCHANGED FOR 50 YEARS AFTER 1997. WHEN ICHIRO OZAWA CA SENIOR MEMBER OF LDP) OFFERED TO HELP, I ASKED HIM TO MAKE THREE POINTS TO THE CHINESE:
(A) GRADUAL POLITICAL CHANGE IN HONG KONG WAS NECESSARY IF POLITICAL DISRUPTION WAS TO BE AVOIDED,
PROSPEROUS WELL EDUCATED PEOPLE UNDERSTANDABLY WANTED A GREATER SHARE IN RUNNING THEIR OWN AFFAIRS, AND
(B)
(C) HONG KONG WORKED SO WELL NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF ITS CAPITALIST ECONOMIC MODEL, BUT BECAUSE THE MARKET ECONOMY OPERATED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A TOLERANT SOCIETY AND THE RULE OF LAW.
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