GPS 175
SECRET
SECRET
FM HONG KONG 02051OZ DEC 83
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1860 OF 2 DECEMBER 1983
INFO PRIORITY PEKING AND TOKYO
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TOKYO TELNO 631 AND YOUR TELNO 444 TO TOKYO:
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HU YAOBANG'S VISIT TO JAPAN: HONG KONG
MIKK040/5
RECEIVED IN NC.
Dr.
INDEX
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1983
1. POLITICAL ADVISER ASKED THE JAPANESE CONSUL-GENERAL ABOUT THIS WHEN HE SAW HIM LAST NIGHT. FUJII SAID THAT THERE WAS ONLY A BRIEF MENTION OF HONG KONG IN THE TALKS BETWEEN HU AND. NAKASONE (ON THE LINES OF PARA 1 OF TOKYO TUR) BUT THAT IT HAD BEEN AGREED THAT THE FOREIGN MINISTERS SHOULD DISCUSS THE
MATTER IN MORE DETAIL.
2. ON THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN WU XUEQIAN AND ABE, FUJII SAID THAT WU HAD SPOKEN ABOUT CHINA'S PLANS IN TERMS SIMILAR TO THE PRESS ACCOUNTS OF JI PENGFEI'S LINE WITH RECENT HONG KONG VISITORS. FUJII HIMSELF HAD FOUND NOTHING NEW IN WU'S REMARKS. ABE APPARENTLY CONFINED HIMSELF TO EXPRESSING THE STRONG INTEREST OF THE JAPANESE IN HONG KONG AND THEIR HOPE THAT ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE AGREED WHICH WOULD MAINTAIN STABILITY
AND PROSPERITY.
3. THE CONVERSATION WAS ON A SOCIAL OCCASION. WE WILL TELE- GRAPH FURTHER IF WE MANAGE TO OBTAIN A MORE DETAILED ACCOUNT.
CMS/Q
THIS TELEGRAMS
YOUDE
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
LIMIMED
COPIES TO: (VIA DISTR. ROOM)
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
SID/KD
HD/FED
ED/PUSD
ED/PLANNING STAFF
D/HD/PUSD (MR FLOWER)
RESEARCH DEPT(MR WALKER)
LEGAL ADVISER (SIR LAN SINCLAIR)
PS
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/R LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD MR WRIGHT
SECRET
PS/LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
PS/HOME SECRETARY
PS/CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
PS/LORD PRIVY SEAL
PS/SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND
INDUSTRY
COPIES TO:
(VIA ADR)
NEWS DEPT
MR ROBERTS
MR BURROWS LEGAL ADVISERS MR COLES NO 10 DOWNING ST SIR A PARSONS
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MR MARTIN ASSESSMENT STAFF
CABINET OFFICE
MR GOODALL CABINET OFFICE MR. BRENNAN .... -
PS/S OF S FOR DEFENCE PS/ATTORNEY GENERAL
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