TNAG-2782-FCO40-4001-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Chinese-policy-1993 — Page 3

UNCLASSIFIED

FM PEKING

UNCLASSIFIED

HEC 012/3

RECKEN

2 MAR 1993

DESK OFFICER INDEX

STY

REGISTRY

PA Action Take:

PODY

16

114631 MDLIAN 3169

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 435

OF 260858Z MARCH 93

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

HKC 012/2 (93)

HONG KONG TELNO 473: HONG KONG CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: CHINESE STATEMENTS

1.

THE PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 25 MARCH, REPORTING THE NPC PRAESIDIUM MEETING OF 24 MARCH, MENTIONED BUT DID NOT HEAD-LINE OR GIVE OTHER PROMINENCE TO THEIR DECISION TO PUT ON THE NPC AGENDA THE GUANGDONG DELEGATION'S MOTION PROPOSING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PREPARATORY COR PRELIMINARY) WORK COMMITTEE FOR THE HONG KONG SAR PREPARATORY COMMITTEE AND THE SECRETARIAT'S DRAFT DECISION ON THIS. THE DOCUMENTS HAVE NOW BEEN PUT TO ALL DELEGATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION. NO FURTHER DETAILS WERE GIVEN.

2.

A FRONT-PAGE REPORT OF JIANG ZEMIN'S MEETING WITH THE GUANGDONG DELEGATION MADE NO MENTION OF HIS COMMENTS ON HONG KONG.

MCLAREN

YYYY

MAIN

65

DISTRIBUTION

71

.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

ADDITIONAL

PAGE

UNCLASSIFIED

1

CAOFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE (DIO)

CAOFF//MISS NEVILLE-JONES

PS NOIO

NNNN

LAST PAPER