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TELEGRAM NUMBER 463 OF 24 FEBRUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR HONG KONG, PEKING
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1. A GROUP OF SENIOR AMERICAN SPECIALISTS AND FORMER OFFICIA IN THE CHINA FIELD, UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE US WILL BE VISITING PEKING FROM 26 FEBRUARY. THEIR HOSTS ARE THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES. MEMBERS OF THE DELEG-
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THE HON U ALEXIS JOHNSON (MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE US)
MR MICHEL OKSENBERG (EX-NSC)
DR GEORGE PACKARD, DEAN, INSTITUTE OF STRATEGIC AND INTER- NATIONAL STUDIES, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
GENERAL (RTD) ANDREW GOODPASTOR (FORMER SACEUR)
COL AT WILHELM (COORDINATOR)
THEY WILL BE JOINED IN PEKING BY A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE NATO
SECRETARIAT. THEY WILL TRAVEL TO HONG KONG ON 2 MARCH AND THENCE
TO TAIPEI, TOKYO AND SEOUL.
2. THE GROUP ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL WORKING GROUP ON US/CHINA POLICY, WHO ARE CURRENTLY FORMULATING RECOMMEN- DATIONS FOR TRANSMISSION TO THE GOVERNMENT AND CONGRESS. THEY HAVE NO OFFICIAL MANDATE BUT GIVEN THEIR STANDING AND EXPERTISE THEIR VIEWS MAY CARRY SOME WEIGHT. IN PEKING THEY ARE EXPECTING TO SEE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER HAN XU IN THE FOREIGN MINISTRY AS WELL AS THE
APPROPRIATE ACADEMIC INTERLOCUTORS.
3. FOLLOWING TELCON GOMERSALL/MORRIS WE HAVE SPOKEN TO WILHELM AND BEEN THROUGH THE TALKING POINTS FOR USE WITH JOURNALISTS, ABOUT THE FACTORS AFFECTING CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG. WILHELM SAID THAT THEY EXPECTED HONG KONG TO COME UP AND WE COULD BE SURE THEY WOULD SPEAK ON THOSE LINES FROM THEIR OWN STANDPOINT. HE SAID THEY HAD A DRAFT POLICY PAPER ON US POLICY TOWARDS HONG KONG AND HAD ASKED THE US CONSULATE TO SEEK AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE GOVERNOR. HE ALSO SUGGESTED THEY MIGHT SEEK A MEETING WITH SIR P CRADOCK IN PEKING.
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