U.S. and Hong Kong (1998)

WHITE HOUSE DAILY BRIEFING, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1998

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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

May 27, 1998

PRESS BRIEFING BY MIKE MCCURRY

The Briefing Room

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Q: Is the President going to meet with Martin Lee when he goes to Hong Kong?

MCCURRY: Yes. In fact I don't know why there was any report to the contrary, but the plan would be for him to, in some fashion during his brief visit there, to meet with those who were democratically elected to Legislative Council positions. And by the way, we do acknowledge and applaud the expression of democratic will that the citizens of Hong Kong were able to make through the elections in the past several days. The President would meet with those democratically elected representatives of the Legislative Council, and then I believe will have a private meeting with Mr. Lee as well.

Q: A private meeting?

MCCURRY: Yes.

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Q: Thank you.

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