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CONFIDENTIAL

機密

(a)

In

as

consequence,

the CPG was as prepared today

it had been in 1982-84 to accept short-term

economic

losses in order to frustrate British

"plots".

(e)

In

fact, DENG Xiaoping

had already issued a

directive

Deng's

action on firm "counter-measures".

instruction had been reflected (no

specifics) in JIANG Enzhu's discussions with

the Governor and LU Ping's press conference.

THE CPG'S OPTIONS

8.

The

source stated that the current state of

Sino-Hong Kong relations was at its lowest level since 1982:

(a)

There was

total lack of trust between the

two sides.

(b)

The

constitutional

community until

package

would split the

1997 into supporters of

democratisation and supporters of the CPG.

(c) As

a result, the territory faced considerable

"turbulence",

which would

prospects until 1997.

harm

business

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