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FM CANBERRA 1403OOZ APR 83
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 188 OF 14 APRIL
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR) PEKING (PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR)
MY TELEGRAM NUMBER 177: CHINESE PREMIER'S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
, AT 1000 AM 14 APRIL AUSTRALIAN TIME I SPOKE TO THE AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PRECISELY AS INSTRUCTED IN PARAGRAPHS 246 OF YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 121. MR HAYDEN EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE FOR OUR INITIATIVE, BUT WAS CLEARLY DISAPPOINTED THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL.
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SUBSEQUENTLY SPOKE SIMILARILY TO THE CABINET SECRETARY, THE PRIME MINISTER BEING TIED UP. HE TOLD ME THAT IN HIS PERSONAL VIEW THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT FULLY SHARED OUR WISH FOR AN ORDERLY AND SATISFACTORY OUTCOME OVER HONG KONG. THEY WOULD PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD, FOR THEIR OWN REASONS, TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT THE CHINESE DID NOT MAKE A MESS OF THINGS, BUT IF AT THE END OF THE DAY IT APPEARED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO AVOID MAKING A MESS OF THINGS, THEN IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TO AUSTRALIA'S ADVANTAGE TO QUARREL WITH THEM, TO NO EVENTUAL BENEFIT. SHOULD EMPHASISE THAT SIR G YEEND WAS THINKING ALOUD, AND IN NO WAY ENUNCIATING OFFICIAL AUSTRALIAN POLICY TO ME.
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3. THE AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY EXPECTS HONG KONG TO BE RAISED BY THE CHINESE DURING A TOUR D'HORIZON (UNDERLINED) DURING THE **FOREIGN POLICY TALKS ON 18 APRIL, AND WAS INVITED TO RECEIVE AN EARLY ACCOUNT OF HOW DISCUSSIONS WENT. ON 19 APRIL THE DISC- USSIONS WILL BE MORE GENERAL, EG. ABOUT HOW AUSTRALIA WORKS, AND HOW CHINA WORKS''. ON 20 APRIL THE 60- STRONG CHINESE PARTY
WILL LEAVE FOR QUEENSLAND WHERE THEY ARE TO BE GIVEN A WHIRLWIND TOUR OF MINES (MOUNT ISA), CATTLE BREEDING METHODS, PORT FACILITIES, COAL HANDLING, ETC.
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