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GR 330:
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fm Hongkong 1606407.
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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 1200 OF 16 OCTOBER 1978
INFO PRIORITY PEKING.
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YOUR TELSNOS 614, 619 AND 623 TO PEKING: VISIT OF HUANG HUA,
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POLITICAL ADVISER IS DUE TO GIVE ONE OF HIS PERIODIC BREIFINGS TO EXCO TOMORROW. MEMBERS ARE BOUND TO BE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT HONG KONG DURING HUANG HUA'S VISIT.
2. POLITICAL ADVISER INTENDS TO SPEAK ALONG THE LINES OF PARA 7(V) OF YOUR TELNO 614 (MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER) AND PARA 5(V) OF YOUR TELNO 619 (IMMIGRATION'
3. THE CONTENTS OF YOU TELNO 623 (CORTAZZI'S CONVERSATION WITH
SUNG) PRESENT PROBLEMS. MEMBERS OF EXCO ARE VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT THE ISSUE OF CHINESE REPRESENTATION. AS YOU KNOW (MY TELNO 1115) I USED YOUR ASSURANCE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE IN OUR POSITION OVER OFFICIAL CHINESE REPRESENTATION IN ORDER TO OVERCOME SOME OF THEIR HESITATION ABOUT MY ATTENDING THE NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION, SINCE OBVIOUSLY IT MIGHT HAVE PROMPTED SOME INITIATIVE ABOUT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR OF NCNA, AND APPARENTLY DID. HANDLED CAREFULLY, OUR ACCOUNT OF PARAS 2 AND 3 OF YOUR 623 COULD RISK GIVING THEM THE IMPRESSION THAT WE ARE ALLOWING OUR POSITION TO SLIP. WE CANNOT AVOID SOME REFERENCE TO WHAT WAS SAID,
SINCE A VERSION OF THE CONVERSATION WILL PROBABLY COME BACK TO MEMBERS OF EXCO THROUGH THOSE IN CONTACT WITH THE LOCAL PARTY
ORGANISATION.
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I SUGGEST THE POLITICAL ADVISER SHOULD SPEAK AS FOLLOWS. THE CHINESE DID NOT RAISE THE QUESTION OF OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION WITH MINISTERS. HOWEVER IT WAS RAISED AT A LOWER LEVEL. THEY SAID THAT, BECAUSE OF OUR OBJECTIONS, THEY HAVE LEFT OVER THE MATTER OF AN OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE UNTIL A LATER STAGE.
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