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CONFIDENTIAL

FM WASHINGTON

TO TELELETTER HONG KONG

TELELETTER NFR

OF 05202OZ JANUARY 93

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FROM : SIR R RENWICK KCMG, WASHINGTON

TO :

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THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG

CO HUM ESQ CMG ASSISTANT UNDER SECRETARY FCO SIR R J T MCLAREN KCMG, AMBASSADOR, PEKING

HONG KONG/MFN/CHINA

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1. IN MY TELNO 2623 TO THE FCO, I REPORTED THAT HENRY KISSINGER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO VISIT HONG KONG BUT THAT HE WAS GOING TO CHINA

AND THAT WE GAVE HIM FULL DETAILS OF YOUR PROPOSALS AND THE

BACKGROUND TO THEM.

2. KISSINGER GOT IN TOUCH WITH ME BEFORE CHRISTMAS TO SAY THAT

THIS HAD COME UP DURING HIS TALKS IN PEKING. HE HAD FOUND THE CHINESE VERY OBDURATE, WITH THE USUAL LITANY OF COMPLAINTS THAT THEY HAD NOT BEEN CONSULTED, WE WERE ACTING UNILATERALLY, THEY HAD NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE FOREIGN SECRETARY HAD SAID TO THEIR

FOREIGN MINISTER ETC. KISSINGER WARNED THE CHINESE AGAINST

ADOPTING A VERY CONFRONTATIONAL ATTITUDE OVER HONG KONG,

PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE PROBLEMS THEY ARE LIKELY TO FACE ANYWAY WITH

THE NEW ADMINISTRATION OVER RENEWAL OF MEN.

3. KISSINGER SHARES OUR VIEW THAT IT WOULD BE PRETTY FATAL FOR THE

CLINTON ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE ANY FORMAL LINK BETWEEN HONG KONG

AND MEN RENEWAL. BUT HE DID MAKE CLEAR TO THE CHINESE THAT THE CLIMATE HERE WILL BE AFFECTED BY WHAT HAPPENS OVER HONG KONG. THE CHINESE REFERRED TO THE, NEXT MEETING OF FOREIGN SECRETARIES WHICH, I UNDERSTAND, IS DUE TO BE HELD IN MARCH/APRIL. HE REITERATED THAT IT WAS OPEN TO THEM TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS - A FORMULATION HE THOUGHT

MIGHT BE MORE HELPFUL TO THEM THAN QUOTE COUNTER PROPOSALS UNQUOTE.

4.

HE IS IN QUITE FREQUENT

I THANKED HIM FOR KEEPING IN TOUCH. CONTACT WITH THE CHINESE. IF, THEREFORE, THERE IS ANYTHING MORE YOU OR CHRISTOPHER HUM WANT TO BE SAID TO HIM, NO DOUBT YOU WILL

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13 JAN 1993

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