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FM FCO 291600Z JANUARY 82
TO IMMEDIATE JAKARTA
TELEGRAM NUMBER 104 OF 29 JANUARY
REPEATED TO IMMEDIATE DEDIP MANILA,
AND TO IMMEDIATE DEYOU HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR)
FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY
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YOUR TELNO 1 TO MANILA : MEETING WITH Y K PAO
BACKGROUND
1. PAO HAD A PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER ON 17
DECEMBER. (PLEASE TREAT AS PARTICULARLY CONFIDENTIAL).
2.
PAO'S MAIN POINTS WERE:
A) THAT GU MU, CHINESE DEPUTY PREMIER, MIGHT BE INVITED TO THE
UK, PERHAPS IN FEBRUARY:
B) THAT CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE IDEA OF HMG OFFERING THE CHINESE SOFT LOANS WHICH MIGHT BE LINKED TO THE FUTURE OF
HONG KONG.
3. PAO LATER CLAIMED, IN CONVERSATION WITH THE GOVERNOR IN HONG KONG (PLEASE PROTECT), THAT HE HAD BEEN ASKED BY GU MU AND HUANG
HUA TO ACT AS AN INTERMEDIARY.
4. WE ARE CAUTIOUS ABOUT PAO'S CLAIMS AND THERE MAY BE CONFUSION
BETWEEN HIS REPORTS OF CHINESE VIEWS AND HIS INTERPRETATION OF WHAT
HE BELIEVES THEY MEAN. WE HAVE GIVEN HIM NO ENCOURAGEMENT TO
REGARD HIMSELF AS A CHOSEN INTERMEDIARY.
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5. FROM A LETTER PAO SENT TO THE PRIME MINISTER ON 13 JANUARY HE APPEARS TO THINK THAT GU MU (AND HIS WIFE) WILL BE INVITED THIS
YEAR. IN HER REPLY OF 25 JANUARY THE PRIME MINISTER HAS TOLD PAO THAT THERE IS AN OPEN INVITATION TO GU MU ISSUED IN 1980. THIS WAS RENEWED IN GENERAL TERMS BY MR PETER REES IN DECEMBER AND THE
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