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2004
- 9 OCT 1979
DESK OFHCEN
VEGISTRY
DESKBY 090903Z
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE)
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1399 OF 9 OCTOBER, 1979
INFO PRIORITY PEKING.
YOUR TELNO 799: BRIEFING FOR HUA'S VISIT.
ما
815.10
1. I AM TELEGRAPHING SEPARATELY ABOUT IMMIGRATION
LEASES (C).
(B) AND
2. I AGREE THAT THE SPEAKING NOTE SHOULD EMPHASISE PRESENT GOOD.
RELATIONS AND MUTUAL INTEREST IN STABILITY AND PROSPERITY.
IMMIGRATION AND LEASES WILL THEN FOLLOW AS MATTERS STILL
TO BE RESOLVED IN AN OVERALL CLIMATE OF GOOD RELATIONS.
3. I ALSO AGREE ON DEFENSIVE BRIEFING ABOUT OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION: THIS IS NOT SOMETHING TO CONCEDE EXCEPT IN EXCHANGE FOR SOMETHING OF REAL SUBSTANCE, ON FINDING
SOLUTIONS TO PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO
INCLUDE A BACKGROUND REFERENCE TO OUR WILLINGNESS TO ALLOW A VISA ISSUING OFFICE OF THE MFA. THE CHINESE HAVE NOT IN FACT OPENED THE OFFICE YET, NOR HAS THERE BEEN ANY REFERENCE
TO IT IN THE PRESS.
4. IN ADDITION, I SUGGEST YOU INCLUDE A SPEAKING NOTE ABOUT
HONG KONG'S WILLINGNESS TO PLAY A ROLE IN CHINA'S MODERNISATION
PROGRAMME, BOTH IN GENERAL AND IN NEARBY GUANGDONG IN PARTICULAR,
DENG MADE MUCH OF THIS POINT WHEN I SAW HIM AND IT HAS COME UP IN OTHER CONTEXTS. AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE EXTRACTS BEING TELEGRAPHED SEPARATELY, I WILL REFER TO THIS IN MY LEGGO SPEECH TOMORROW.
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