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FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 566
HKD 021/2
OF 220853Z APRIL 92
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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05.1992
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LB
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, WASHINGTON
INFO PRIORITY UKREP BRUSSELS
117420
MDHIAN 1065
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15 سالم
MIPT: MCCONNELL BILL/EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DRAFT RESOLUTION: CHINESE DEMARCHE
1. FOLLOWING IS OUR QUICK TRANSLATION OF THE SPEAKING NOTE USED BY ZHAO JIHUA.
BEGINS
LAST SEPTEMBER US SENATOR MCCONNELL SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS THE 'US-HONG KONG POLICY ACT 1991'. THIS BILL WAS PUT FORWARD BY SOME FORCES IN THE US WHO HAVE STEPPED UP THEIR MEDDLING IN HONG KONG AFFAIRS AND IT HAS CLEAR POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS. RECENTLY SOME US SENATORS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE OPENLY SUPPORTED IT AND HAVE ASKED THE US GOVERNMENT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
IT IS COMPLETELY OBVIOUS THAT IRRESPECTIVE OF ANY PRETEXT, THIS BILL IS AN ATTEMPT TO INTERFERE POLITICALLY IN HONG KONG AFFAIRS BY USE OF US DOMESTIC LEGISLATION, AND TO ''INTERNATIONALIZE'' THE HONG KONG ISSUE. THE JOINT DECLARATION IS A SOLEMN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS AND DEPOSITED AT THE UN. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JD IS A BILATERAL AFFAIR BETWEEN US. DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD UP TO 1 JULY 1997 THE HONG KONG ISSUE SHOULD BE HANDLED BY CHINA AND BRITAIN IN LINE WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION. AFTER THAT DATE IT IS AN INTERNAL MATTER FOR CHINA. THE US HAS NO RIGHT TO MEDDLE IN HONG KONG AFFAIRS BY THE USE OF DOMESTIC LEGISLATION. IT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE TO THE CHINESE SIDE THAT THE US IS TRYING TO SUPERVISE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JD. IT IS A VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL NORMS.
WE HAVE ALREADY MADE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE US ABOUT THIS BILL AND HAVE MADE CLEAR OUR FIRM POSITION THAT THE US HAS NO RIGHT TO INTERFERE IN HONG KONG AFFAIRS. WE HAVE DEMANDED THAT THE US
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