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(b) Instead, the CPG would use leaders widely

regarded

Kong as pragmatic moderates

to

make

vigorous

condemnations of the .

Governor's constitutional package.

(c) The current plan was to mobilise ZHU Rongji to

conduct an attack. Zhu's intervention would

create considerable anxiety as he is regarded

as "sympathetic" to Hong Kong and its

businessmen.

5.

He said that Zhu would have a special role in this

campaign for a further reason. He was due to visit Western

Europe shortly and expected to meet the UK Prime Minister

and other senior

British officials.

The CPG believes that

Zhu will be able to exploit that opportunity to develop the

campaign against the Governor to a new level.

6.

to

In the meantime, the CPG will use the United Front

the maximum pressure on all persons involved in the

particular, United Front activists

political process.

will approach LegCo

support for the

in

Members and others to warn them that

constitutional package will be interpreted

by Peking as a permanent mark of hostility.

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