This day, 4 December, 1989, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sent a letter to General Secretary Jiang Zemin via a diplomatic adviser, reiterating the British position that it “has no intention of allowing Hong Kong to be used as a base for subversion”, nor does it try to “internationalise” the Hong Kong issue. This was an important contact between China and Britain after the political turmoil of 4 June.
1989年12月4日的这一天，英国首相撒切尔夫人通过外交顾问致函姜泽民总书记，重申英国的立场，即英国“无意让香港被用作颠覆的基地”，也不试图将香港问题“国际化”。 这是6月4日政治动荡之后中英之间的一次重要接触。
