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the Chinese would not want to destroy Hong Kong but there were questions of political virility. The UK had a duty to administer Hong Kong fully until 1997. suspicious of any thing which straddled that date and claimed to represent the interests of the people of Hong Kong. From time to time it was helpful if outsiders could explain matters to them. Mr Miyazawa said that he had done so with Jiang Zemin. Another point was that, if the Chinese got Hong Kong wrong, this would affect their plans for reunification with Taiwan.
G7 SUMMIT
All the
Mr Miyazaw a raised the matter of Russian participation in the G7. Japan was against expansion into a G8. existing G7 all had tried and tested democracies and market economies, the UK for centuries and Japan for
Japan
fifty years. Russia was nowhere near there yet. All the seven were creditor nations, Russia was a debtor.
was G7
host next year and the Northern Territories issue was unlikely to have been resolved. To be frank, whether to invite Russia to Toky ko or not would constitute some leverage.
The Prime Minister agreed entirely. Russia was not a free market; it was
a debtor; and it had different
perceptions on many other matters. UK would not support expansion to G8. If there were a need for dialogue, the 7 plus 1 formula could be looked at Summit by Summit. agreed about on the leverage this gave the Japanese for next year.
He
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