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FM F C O 021752Z OCT 80

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 873 OF 2 OCTOBER

INFO PRIORITY PEKING.

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MY TELNO 864: VISIT OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER, IMMIGRATION.

1. IN REVIEWING LORD CARRINGTON'S TALK WITH HUANG HUA WHEN I ACCOMPANIED HIM TO THE AIRPORT THIS AFTERNOON I WAS ABLE TO 180 DRAW ON THE POINTS IN PARAS 4 AND 6 OF YOUR TELNO 1256, MENTIONING AGAIN, AS LORD CARRINGTON HAD DONE YESTERDAY, YOUR FORTHCOMING MEETING WITH GOVERNOR XI. HUANG HUA SAID THAT HE PROPOSED HIMSELF TO TALK TO GOVERNOR XI ON THE ISSUE DURING HIS OVERNIGHT STOP IN CANTON ON HIS WAY BACK. HE APPEARED TO ACCEPT THE NEED FOR TIGHTER CONTROL ON THE BORDER. ONE OF THE POINTS WHICH HE SAID HE WOULD BE TALKING TO GOVERNOR XI ABOUT WAS THE QUESTION OF RESIDENCE PERMITS. (IT WAS HE WHO INTRODUCED THIS INTO THE DISCUSSION BUT HE DID NOT ELABORATE ON WHAT HE HAD IN MIND).

2. HE ALSO TOOK THE POINT ABOUT THE NEED FOR SECRECY. (PARA 9 OF YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE).

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