TELELETTER TO HONG KONG
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FROM R D CLIFT, HONG KONG AND GENERAL DEPARTMENT DATED 24 FEBRUARY 1982
FOLLOWING FOR:
SIR Y K PAO
SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, GOVERNOR, HONG KONG SIR PERCY CRADOCK, PEKING
TIA
1. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT SIR Y K PAO'S STAFF HAVE BEEN PRESSING
ALAN DONALD OVER AN INVITATION TO GU MU AND HIS WIFE TO COME TO
THE UK. APPARENTLY, GU HAS TOLD Y K THAT IF A THIRD INVITATION WERE ISSUED HE WOULD PROBABLY ACCEPT.
2. ALAN HAS EXPLAINED THAT THE LORD PRIVY SEAL SPECIFICALLY
MENTIONED THE OUTSTANDING INVITATION TO GU WHEN HE SAW ZHANG
CANMING IN PEKING IN JANUARY. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE
INVITATION WAS STILL ON THE TABLE AND IT WAS UP TO THE CHINESE
LEADERSHIP TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO.
3. YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT Y K IS SEEING THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON 16 MARCH.
SIGNED R D CLIFT
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