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HKI HINA: TEXT OF DENG XIAOPING'S TALK ON HONG KONG

WITH M, THATCHER IN 1982 (1)

BEIJING, SEPTEMBER 24 (XINHUA? FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A TALK BY DENG XIAOPING, "OUR BASIC POSITION ON THE HONG KONG QUESTION, " WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER ON ZEPTEMBER 24, 1982, WHICH IS RELEASED HERE TODAY:

DUR BASIC POSITION ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG IS CLEAR. THERE ARE THREE MAJOR ISSUES INVOLVED. ONE IS THE ISSUE OF SOVEREIGNTY, ANOTHER IS THE WAY IN WHICH CHINA WILL ADMINISTER MONG KONG 30 AS TO MAINTAIN ITS PROSPERITY AFTER 1997. OND STILL ANDTHER IS THE NEED FOR THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS TO HOLD APPROPRIATE - BANANAS TENS Tais sans TR ATWIERAJUK"DI FRANCES IN HONG KONG DURING THE 15 YEARS BETHEEN NOW AND 1997.

ON THE QUESTION OF SOVEREIGNTY, CHINA HAS NO #OOM FOR MANDELVRE. TO BE FRANK, THE QUESTION IS NOT OPEN TO DISCUSSION. THE TIME IS RIFE FOR MAKING IT UNEQUIVOCALLY CLEAR THAT CHINA WILL TAKE OVER HONG KONG IN 1997. TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, CHINA WILL NOT ONLY TAKE BACK THE NEW TERRITORIES BUT ALSO HONG KONG ISLAND AND MOWLDON. IT MUST BE ON THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT MWING AND THE UNITED KINGDOM

KINGDON HOLD TALKS ON THE WAYS AND MEANS OF SETTLING THE HONG KONG QUESTION.

IF CHINA FAILED TO TAKE HONG KONG BACK IN 1337, WHEN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC WILL HAVE REEN ESTABLISHED FOR 48 YEARS, NO CHINESE LEADERS OR GOVERNMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY THEMSELVES FOR THAT FAILURE BEFORE THE CHINESE PEOPLE OR BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. IT WOULD MEAN THAT THE PRESENT CHINEGE ROVEØNMENT LOS JUST LIKE THE BOVERNMENT OF THE LATE QING DYNASTY AND THAT THE PRESENT CHINESE LEADERS WERE JUST LIKE LI HONGZHANG !

WE HAVE WAITED FOR 33 YEARS, AND IF WE ADD ANOTHER 15 YEARS, THAT WILL MOKE 43. WE ARE ABLE TO WAIT FOR SUCH A LONG TIME BECAUSE WE ENJOY THE FULL CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE. IF WE FAILED TO TAKE HONG KONG BACK IN 15 YEARS, THE PEOPLE WOULD NO LONGER HAVE REASON TO TRUST US, AND ANY CHINESE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO STEP DOWN AND VOLUNTARILY LEAVE THE POLITICAL ARENA. THEREFORE, AT THIS TIME I DON'T MFÓN TODAY, DE POHOSE,

BUT IN NO MORE THAN ONE OR TWO YEARS CHINA WILL OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE 175 DECISION TO TAKE BACK HONG KONG. HE CAN WAIT ANDTHER YEAR OR TWO, BUT DEFINITELY NOT LONGER.

IN A BROOD BENGE, CHINA'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF THIS POLICY DECISION WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO GREAT BRITAIN, BECAUSE IT WILL MEAN THAT 1997 WILL MARK THE END OF THE EPA OF BRITISH COLONIAL RULE, AND THAT WILL BE WELCOMED BY WORLD PUBLIC OPINION, SO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SHOULD SUPPORT THIS POLICY DECISION. THE CHINESE AND BRITISH SOVSANHENTS SHOULD WORK TOGETHER TO FIND Â SATISFACTORY SOLUTION TO THE OLFATINN BE WONG KONG,

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PROSPERITY IN MONG VONG, BUT THIS Daag vor HCAN MAT CONTINUED PROSPERITY CAN ONLY BE ENSURED UNDER BRITISH ADMINISTRATION. MAINTAINING PROSPERITY IN HONG KONG DEPENDS ESSENTIALLY.ON APPLYING APPROPRIATE DOLICIES INDEP PUTHESE ADMINISTRATION AFTER THE TAKEOVER. MONG KONG'S CURRENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS AND EVEN MOST OF ITS LOUS CON PEMOIN TH #OPCE. OF COURSE. SOME OF THEM WT: 1 BE MODIFIED, HONG VANM HILL CONTINUE TO BE RUN UNDER THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM, AND MANY OF THE

rema QuARENTLY IN USE WILL KE MAINTAINED. WE SHALL EATONSİVE GALAHNUE OF VIEWS WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN HONG KONG BEFORE FORMULATING THE PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS AND BEYOND. THESE PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES

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