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TELEGRAM NUMBER 35 OF 8 APRIL
INFO ROUTINE FCO (FOR DONALD)
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POSSIBLE VISIT BY THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES TO HONG KONG
1. HUAN XIANG, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CASS AND PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE INTERNATIONAL LAW SOCIETY, HAS BEEN INVITED TO VISIT AUSTRALIA BY THE AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. HE WILL BE LEAVING CHINA ON 26 APRIL, AND RETURNING HERE ON 17 MAY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT HE EXPECTS TO TRAVEL IN EACH DIRECTION VIA HONG KONG.
2. AS YOU KNOW HUAN XIANG WAS CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN LONDON FROM 1954–62. HE SPEAKS EXCELLENT ENGLISH, IS WELL DISPOSED TO US,
AND HAS DENG XIAOPING'S EAR. IF YOU AND DONALD AGREE, I SHOULD LIKE TO INVITE HUAN TO SPEND TWO OR THREE DAYS IN HONG KONG ON HIS RETURN JOURNEY. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF SUCH A VISIT WOULD BE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY IT PRESENTS TO GIVE THIS INFLUENTIAL CHINESE PERSONALITY FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE OF SOME ASPECTS OF HONG KONG
HKK040 || (PARA 6 OF MY TELNO 209 TO FCO IS RELEVANT). HUAN MIGHT ALSO BE
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GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SOME ACADEMIC PERSONALITIES IN HONG KONG., THIS COULD PERHAPS PROVIDE AN AVTWABLE REASON FOR HIS STOP IN HONG KONG, SHOULD ANY PRESS QUESTIONS ARISE.
CRADOCK
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HK & GD FED
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
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SIR E YOUDE
C/O HK & GD ROOM K245