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MDLIAN 9702
CLEAR TO ALL CONCERNED THAT DELAY COULD NOT CONTINUE INDEFINITELY.
MR HURD SAID HE WOULD MEET THE GOVERNOR FOR TALKS » IN LONDON NEXT MONTH AND STRESSED THAT ANY BRITISH TEAM WOULD INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HKG. MR HURD ALSO SAID THE GOVERNOR HAD THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. ATV HOME QUOTED CHINESE SOURCES AS SAYING THERE WERE THREE CONDITIONS FOR RE-OPENING OF TALKS: THE TALKS SHOULD BE A MATTER BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS ONLY, THE TALKS SHOULD BE HELD ON THE BASIS OF THE THREE COMPLIANCES' AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SHOULD ABIDE BY THE AGREEMENT REACHED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS.
MEETING POINT
12. REPORTS NOTED (6.3) CHINA HAD REJECTED A REQUEST FROM MEETING POINT TO VISIT PEKING. THE DECISION WAS MADE BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE HKMAO LU PING WHO SAID HE WAS TOO BUSY TO SEE THE GROUP DURING THE PERIOD. MAINLAND SOURCES SAID CHINA'S REFUSAL TO MEET THE GROUP AND THE DECISION TO ABANDON A PLAN TO APPOINT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GROUP, ANTHONY CHEUNG, AS A HK AFFAIRS ADVISER WERE PROMPTED BY MEETING POINT'S REPEATED DECLARATIONS OF SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNOR'S PACKAGE. MR CHEUNG SAID THIS WOULD NOT AFFECT THE GROUP'S RELATIONS WITH PEKING AND THERE WERE STILL OTHER CHANNELS FOR THEM TO REFLECT THEIR VIEWS TO CHINESE OFFICIALS.
PATTEN
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
70
MAIN
65
.HK POLICY
HKD
PUSD
FED
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS
LEGAL ADVISERS//MR GILES NEWS D
NTCD
PLANNERS
RAD
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
SIR J COLES
MR HUM
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