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FM HONG KONG
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JF 221135Z APRIL 92
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INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS, AUSS.
FROM GOVERNOR.
MIPT: US/HONG KONG: THE MCCONNELL BILL.
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I TOLD MCCONNELL ON A STRICTLY PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL BASIS THAT THE MFA, PEKING HAD CALLED IN THE AMBASSADOR TODAY TO EXPRESS THEIR DISPLEASURE AT THE MCCONNELL BILL. I SAID THAT THE LANGUAGE USED BY THE CHINESE IN THE DEMARCHE WAS MORE THAN ROUTINE AND THAT THE CHINESE WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE REPORTING PROVISIONS IN THE BILL. MCCONNELL THANKED ME FOR THIS INFORMATION WHICH HE SAW AS EVIDENCE THAT THE CHINESE WERE TAKING THE ISSUE MORE SERIOUSLY THAN HE HAD APPRECIATED.
I TOLD HIM HE WOULD DOUBTLESS GET THE FULL CHINESE TREATMENT FROM ZHOU NAN ON 24 APRIL.
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