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HKE-CHINA: TEXT OF DENG XIAOPING'S TALK ON HONG KONG

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BEIJING, SEPTEMBER 24 (XINHUA) FOLLOWING 15 THE TEXT OF A TALK BY DENG XIAOPING, “QUR BASIC POBITION ON THE HONG KONG QUESTION," WITH ARITISH PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER ON BEPTEMBER 24, 1382, WHICH IS RELEASED HERE TODAY:

OUR 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 HONG KONG 80 AS TO MAINTAIN ITS PROSPERITY AFTER 1997. AND STILL ANOTHER IS THE NEED FOR THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS TO HOLD APPROPRIATE BANKASTEKS ON LAYS TO AUTO BAJUK DISTORPRINCES IN HONG KONG DURING THE 15 YEARS BETHEEN NOW AND 1997,

ON THE QUESTION OF SOVEREIGNTY, CHINA HAS NO ROOM FOR MANOEUVRE. TO BE FRANK, THE QUESTION IS NOT OPEN TO DISCUSSION. THE TIME IS RIPE FOR MAKING IT UNEQUIVOCALLY CLEAR THAT CHINA WILL TAKE OVER HONG KONG IN 1997. TO RE MORE SPECIFIC, CHINA WILL NOT ONLY TAKE BACK THE NEW TERRITORIES BUT ALSO HONG KONG ISLAND AND KOWLOON. IT MUST BE ON THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT CHING OND THE EMİTED KINOSCH HOLD TALKS ON THE WAIS AND MEANS OF SETTLING THE HONG KONG QUESTION.

IF CHINA FAILED TO TAKE HONG KONG BACK IN 1997, WHEN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC WILL HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR 48 YEARS, NO CHINESE LEADERS OR GOVERNMENT HOULD BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY THEMSELVER FOR THAT FAILURE BEFORE THE CHINESE PEOPLE OR BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. IT WOULD MEAN THAT THE PRESENT CHINESE GOVERNMENT LIOS JUST LIKE THE GOVERNMENT 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 MAKE 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 HOULD 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 MFON TODAY, OF PMBSE.

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

IN A BROAD SENSE, 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 ERA 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 GOVERNMENTS SHOULD WORK TOGETHER TO FIND Å SATISFACTORY SOLUTION TO THE QUESTION DE HONG KONG

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THIS MVSCFiún, MN WE SHALL BE GLAD TO LISTEN TO THE SUGGESTIONS PUT FORWARD BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. ALL THIS TAKES TIME. WHY MUST WE UNIT ONE OR TUS YEARS BEFORE ANNOUNCING OUR DECISION TO RECOVER HONG KONG? BECAUSE DURING THAT PERIOD WE HOPE TO CONSULT WITH ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE. (MORE) 23/09/23 12:09 GMT

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