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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING TELNO 343 OF 22 MAY INFO HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR)
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YOUR TELS NOS 472, 474 AND 475: NR ROYLE'S VISIT TO CHINA.
PROGRAMME.
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1. MR ROYLE IS CONTENT TO STAY IN THE GOVERNMENT GUEST HOUSE. HE WOULD BE PREPARED TO SPEND A SHORT TIME IN SHANGHAI ON HIS RETURN. HE HOPES THAT THIS WILL NOT BE AT THE EXPENSE OF A VISIT TO EG NANKING OR HANGCHOW (PARA 7 OF MY TELNO 271). ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT HE ARRIVES ON THE EVENING OF 38 MAY, HE WOULD PREFER TO KEEP THE FOLLOWING MORNING FREE OF ENGAGEMENTS.
SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION.
2. THE ASSUMPTION IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF YOUR TEL NO 472 IS CORRECT. WE ARE BRIEFING MR ROYLE TO BRING UP THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS: (A) SIND-BRITISH RELATIONS, INCLUDING CULTURAL EXCHANGES: (2) SINO-BRITISH COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS:
(C) CHINESE POLICY TOWARDS HONG KONG, INCLUDING CHINESE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION:
(D) COMMUNICATION LINKS AND TECHNICAL CONTACTS AND EXCHANGES WITH CHINA:
(E) VIETNAM.
(F) UN MATTERS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE HANDLING OF THE KOREAN ITEM AT THE NEXT GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
(G) ENLARGEMENT OF THE EEC
IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT THE CHINESE WILL MENTION CONFRONTATION PRISONERS AND A NUMBER OF MATTERS AFFECTING BILATERAL RELATIONS EG SPORTING EXCHANGES AND THE REBUILDING OF THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN LONDON. THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO YOUR TELLING THE CHINESE THAT MR ROYLE WILL WISH TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECTS MENTIONED IN (A) AND (3) AND (D) TO (6) ABOVE: BUT YOU SHOULD NOT, REPEAT NOT REVEAL THAT. HE WILL WANT TO RAISE THE ISSUE OF CHINESE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION IN HONG KONG (C).
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