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CONFIDENTIAL
FM CANBERRA 220505Z APR 83
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 203 OF 22 APRIL
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HONG KONG
PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG'S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
HKK 040/S
RECEIVED IN GISYPY NO. 51 2 3 APR 1983
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TRY
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C2514
1. ALTHOUGH ZHAO ZIYANG IS STILL IN THE COUNTRY THE SUBSTANTIVE PART OF HIS VISIT CONSISTING OF TALKS IN CANBERRA WITH
MR HAWKE AND PARALLEL TALKS BETWEEN FOREIGN MINISTERS AND TRADE
AND AGRICULTURE MINISTERS IS NOW OVER. THE VISIT IS GENERALLY THOUGHT TO HAVE GONE WELL. WE SHALL BE REPORTING SUBSTANTIVELY ON IT NEXT WEEK AFTER SPEAKING TO AUSTRALIAN AND CHINESE OFFICIALS SOME OF WHOM HAVE NOT YET RETURNED TO CANBERRA.
2. MEANWHILE YOU MAY WISH TO KNOW THAT THE AUSTRALIANS HAVE
TOLD US THERE WAS NO SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION OF HONG KONG
DURING THE TALKS. MR HAYDEN HAD RAISED THE SUBJECT AT THE END OF HIS MEETING WITH THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER, MR WU, WHO HAD SIMPLY SAID THAT CHINA WOULD SEEK A SOLUTION TO THE
PROBLEM THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS. HE HAD ALSO SAID THAT THE BRITISH
AMBASSADOR IN PEKING HAD APPROACHED THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES
AND QUOTE TALKS HAD BEEN HELD UNQUOTE. ACCORDING TO THE
AUSTRALIANS THERE WAS NO TIME TO PURSUE THE MATTER FURTHER.
MASON
LIMITED
SPD
FED
HR GO
PLANNING STAFF
PUSD
PS
PS/LORD BELSTERS
PS/MR HURD
PS/PUS
SIR JBULLARD
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
CABINET OFFICE
CONFIDENTAL
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
ADVANCED