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HONG KONG TELNO 2567: LORD PRIOR'S MEETING WITH LI PENG, 26 OCTOBER: HONG KONG

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I WAS PRESENT AT LORD PRIOR'S MEETING WITH LI PENG. THE POINTS MADE BY LI PENG ON HONG KONG WERE THOSE REPORTED IN MY TELNO 1480, AND THOSE ONLY. LI PENG DID NOT/NOT SAY THAT IF THE GOVERNOR INSISTED ON IMPLEMENTING HIS POLITICAL BLUEPRINT THE CHINESE WOULD FORM THEIR OWN LEGISLATURE AFTER 1997 AND WOULD NOT SUPPORT THE NEW AIRPORT. CHINESE BRIEFERS PRESUMABLY EMBROIDERED ON HIS REMARKS BASING THEMSELVES ON THE FACT THAT HE CONFIRMED THAT WHAT LU PING AND QIAN QICHEN TOLD THE GOVERNOR REPRESENTED THE CHINESE

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