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MDLIAN 8273
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FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 31
TOP COPY Q DIST?
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OF 100915Z APRIL 92
INFO PRIORITY F C 0, ACTOR, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, WASHINGTON
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13/4
WASHINGTON TELNO 787 (NOT TO ALL): US/HONG KONG: THE MCCONNELL BILL
1. AT THE MFA PRESS CONFERENCE ON 9 APRIL THERE WAS A QUESTION CALLING FOR A COMMENT ON SOLOMON'S INDICATION CAT A HEARING BY THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE US SENATE ON 2 APRIL) THAT THE US ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTED THE OBJECTIVES OF THE US/HONG KONG POLICY ACT OF 1991.
2. THE MFA SPOKESMAN REPLIED THAT THE HONG KONG QUESTION WAS A MATTER BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM BEFORE 1 JULY 1997, AND AN INTERNAL AFFAIR OF CHINA AFTER THAT DATE. CHINA WAS FIRMLY OPPOSED TO ANY COUNTR. MEDDLING WITH THE HONG KONG ISSUE UNDER ANY PRETEXT, AND TO ANY ATTEMPT TO INTERNATIONALIZE THE ISSUE. CHINA HOPED THAT THE US GOVERNMENT WOULD ACT PRUDENTLY.
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.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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