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QUESTION (ASIAN WALL STREET JOURNAL):

CURRENTLY THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION IS CONDUCTING A STUDY COME UP WITH A NEW CHINA POLICY AND THERE ARE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS INTO BELIEVE THAT THE UN (UNITED NATIONS) SHOULD GET INVOLVED IN THIS QUESTION AND THAT HONG KONG PROBLEM SHOULD BE TIED UP

HOW WOULD CHINA REACT TO THE US MOST FAVOURED NATION DEBATE. INVOLVED AND ALSO HAVING THIS GET MIXED UP WITH MOST FAVOURED DEBATE.

TO

WHO

HONG

THE

GETTING NATION

DIRECTOR:

-

MEDDLE

OR EVEN QUESTION

WE BELIEVE

OF HONG

HONG AND

WE BELIEVE THAT THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG IS A MATTER FOR THE RIGHT TO

· CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS. NO THIRD COUNTRY HAS THE MEDDLE IN HONG KONG AFFAIRS AND NO THIRD COUNTRY SHOULD TRY TO IN HONG KONG THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG. IF ANY THIRD COUNTRY GETS INVOLVED IN THE CURRENT DISPUTE BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN RESORT TO SOME ACTIONS, IT WILL ONLY FURTHER COMPLICATE THE OF HONG KONG. WE DO NOT WISH TO SEE SUCH A THING HAPPEN. THAT THE US GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE A WISE ATTITUDE TO THE QUESTION HONG KONG BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES ALSO HAS LARGE INTERESTS IN KONG. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE INVESTMENT MADE BY US COMPANIES IN

SO IF

IF THE PROSPERITY KONG AMOUNTS TO 7 BILLION US DOLLARS.

CAN MAINTAIN STABILITY OF HONG KONG CAN BE MAINTAINED, IF HONG KONG ITS STATUS AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AND TRADE CENTRE AND, IF HONG PEOPLE'S KONG CAN BECOME A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STIPULATIONS OF THE BASIC LAW THE ́AFTER · 1997 UNDER WHICH THE HONG KONG AFFAIRS WILL BE MANAGED BY

HIGH DEGREE СБ PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND HONG KONG WILL ENJOY A AUTONOMY, IT WILL ALSO BE CONDUCIVE TO THE INTERESTS OF UNITED STATES. THAT IS WHY I BELIEVE THAT THE US GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE A WISE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG.

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IF THE AS FOR YOUR SECOND QUESTION CONCERNING THE MFN ISSUE, UNITED STATES LINKS UP THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG WITH THE MFN ISSUE

THE THINK HONG KONG WILL BE THE FIRST TO SUFFER AND THE INTERESTS OF

NOW THE I AS

MENTIONED JUST NOW UNITED STATES

ALSO SUFFER. WILL

US INVESTMENT OF AMERICAN COMPANIES IN HONG KONG AMOUNTS TO 7 BILLION

KONG DOLLARS. SO, IF THE UNITED STATES LINKS THE QUESTION OF HONG WITH THE MFN ISSUE, OR EVEN TAKE MEASURES THAT ARE DETRIMENTAL TO HONG TO THE KONG. IT WILL BE DETRIMENTAL NOT ONLY TO HONG KONG BUT ALSO INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

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