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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: REMARKS BY NCNA VICE DIRECTOR ON SINO-BRITISH CONSULTATION
1. THE LOCAL PRESS TODAY (16 DECEMBER) CARRIED EXTENSIVELY REMARKS MADE YESTERDAY BY A NCNA VICE DIRECTOR, ZHANG JUNSHENG, ON SINO-BRITISH EXCHANGES BEFORE THE GOVERNOR DELIVERED HIS POLICY ADDRESS. ZHANG HAD DISCLOSED IN SOME DETAIL WHAT HAD TRANSPIRED IN THESE EXCHANGES, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE POINT THAT WE HAD BEEN INSINCERE IN TALKING ABOUT CONSULTING THE CHINESE SIDE ON THE 1995 ELECTIONS. HE REITERATED THAT ONLY AFTER THE GOVERNOR HAD WITHDRAWN HIS PROPOSALS COULD DISCUSSIONS BE HELD AGAIN.
2. SPECIFICALLY ZHANG REFERRED TO THE FOLLOWING EXCHANGES IN
WHICH THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSALS WERE RAISED:
(I) 16 SEPTEMBER 92- GOVERNOR'S MEETING WITH ZHOU NAN. GOVERNOR DECLINED TO ANSWER ZHOU'S QUESTION ABOUT 1995 ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE WAS NOT YET READY.
(II) 25 SEPTEMBER 92 SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH QIAN QICHEN. QIAN HOPED THAT WE WOULD NOT UNILATERALLY MAKE OUR ANNOUNCEMENT AS IT WOULD DEFINITELY RESULT IN AN PUBLIC DISPUTE.
(III) 26 SEPTEMBER 92
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MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR TO LU PING.
(IV) 3 OCTOBER 92 MESSAGE FROM LU PING TO THE GOVERNOR. LU CLEARLY STATED WHICH ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSALS WERE BREACH OF JD/BL. HE ASKED US NOT TO ANNOUNCE THE PROPOSALS UNILATERALLY AS IT WOULD LEAD TO A PUBLIC DISPUTE AND AFFECT STABILITY AND PROSPERITY.
(V) 6 OCTOBER MORNING
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MCLAREN HANDED OVER THE POLICY ADDRESS TO
CHEN ZIYING IN PEKING. CHEN REHEARSED LU PING'S MESSAGE.
(VI) 6 OCTOBER AFTERNOON GOVERNOR'S BRIEFING FOR WANG PINQING. ZHANG ACCUSED US OF NOT PASSING COPY OF THE POLICY ADDRESS TO
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