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SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT: CALL ON JIANG ZEMIN, 9 JULY: RECORD

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE THANKED THE PRESIDENT FOR FINDING TIME TO SEE HIM: HE WAS ALWAYS GENEROUS OF HIS TIME WITH BRITISH VISITORS. HE CONVEYED THE PRIME MINISTER'S GREETINGS. HE SAID THAT HE HAD HAD GOOD DISCUSSIONS WITH QIAN QICHEN THAT MORNING AND THE PREVIOUS EVENING. HE HAD GIVEN HIM A QUICK READ-OUT OF THE TOKYO SUMMIT AND THEY HAD EXCHANGED VIEWS ON INTERNATIONAL QUESTIONS. TODAY THEY HAD DISCUSSED HONG KONG, AND HE HOPED THIS DISCUSSION WOULD ENABLE THE TALKS ON ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS, AS WELL AS DISCUSSIONS IN THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE AND THE JLG, TO MOVE FORWARD MORE QUICKLY. HE HOPED THE TWO SIDES COULD NOW PUT BEHIND THEM THE DIFFICULTIES AND MISTRUST OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND WORK TOWARDS A SMOOTH TRANSITION FOR HONG KONG.

2. JIANG ZEMIN SAID THAT HE WOULD NOT DWELL IN DETAIL ON THE HONG KONG RELATED SUBJECTS WHICH THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAD ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH QIAN QICHEN. HE INTENDED TO MAKE A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS ON HONG KONG AND THEN TO MOVE ON TO CHINA'S INTERNAL SITUATION.- JIANG THOUGHT THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S PRESENCE IN CHINA WAS CONDUCIVE TO SETTLING THE QUESTIONS EXISTING BETWEEN OUR TWO SIDES. IT WOULD ALSO GREATLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE TALKS ON HONG KONG'S ELECTIONS BETWEEN THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TWO GOVERNMENTS. THERE WERE ALREADY CLEAR-CUT PROVISIONS ON HONG KONG. A SPECIAL TERM HAD EVEN BEEN DEVELOPED TO REFER TO THEM: ''THE THREE PRINCIPLES''. THIS WAS RATHER LIKE A MATHEMATICAL FORMULA. CHINA'S POLICY ON HONG KONG WAS TO IMPLEMENT THE CONCEPTS OF ONE COUNTRY-TWO SYSTEMS, HONG KONG RUN BY HONG KONG PEOPLE, AND HONG KONG CONTINUING TO HAVE A CAPITALIST SYSTEM.

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