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RECEIVED REHISEY NO. 51
F PEKING 1298Z JUN 79
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TRY
Actina Wen
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 547 OF 12 JUNE
INDEX
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (FOR POLITICAL ADVISER). N
PERSONAL FOR CORTAZZI.
YOUR TELNO.353:
POSSIBLE VISIT TO PEKING.
J.R
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I HAVE NO SEEN THE GOVERNOR'S TELNO.766. IT IS RATHER
A PITY THAT, IF LORD CARRINGTON IS TAKING IN HONG KONG AS WELL AS INDIA ON HIS RETURN TO THE UNITED "INGDOM, HE IS NOT COMING TO PEING. BUT IMAGINE THAT HIS PLANS ARE BY NO! FIXED.
IN THE CIRCUMSTANCËS I SEE ADVANTAGE IN THE GOVERNOR'S SUG- GESTION THAT I SHOULD GO TO HONG KONG TO MEET THE SECRETARY OF STATE THERE. I COULD BE BROUGHT UP TO DATE ON THE GOVERNOR'S CURRENT VISIT TO LONDON, AND COULD ALSO TAKE PART IN ANY FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSIONS. IT WILL HOWEVER BE A DIFFICULT TIME
FOR ME TO BE A TAY, SINCE THE INSPECTORS WILL BE HERE (SEMI- COLON) AND I SHOULD LIKE TO TEEP ANY VISIT TO HONG KONG AS SHORT
AS PRACTICABLE.
2.
SINCE THE VISIT TO HONG KONG WILL GIVE ME ATHE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING YOU AND OF DISCUSSING CURRENT ISSUES, I SEE LITTLE
POINT IN YOUR COMING TO PEKING. IT WOULD INEVITABLY SE AN
UNCOMFORATBLE DETOUR FOR A VERY MARGINAL RETURN.
3.
I UNDERSTAND THAT LORD CARRINGTON WILL BE IN HONG KONG
FROM ABOUT MIDDAY ON 29 JUNE UNTIL THE MORNING OF 3 JUNE.
PERHAPS YOU OR HONG KONG COULD ADVISE ME WHEN I SHOULD ARRIVE. THE OBVIOUS COURSE IS TO AIM FOR THE MORNING FLIGHT FROM CANTON ON 29 JUNE, LEAVING HONG KONG ON 1 JULY.
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CHIEF CLERK MR CORTAZ.ZI
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