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FROM PEKING 301010Z MAR 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 615 OF 30/3/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
HICK 027/1600
RECEIVEL
STRY
-2 APR 1984
DECK OFL
14H
RH
30/3
ков
145
YOUR TELNO 285:
FUTURE OF HONG KONG: YOUR VISIT.
1. # HAVE EMPHASISED TO ZHOU NAN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS
THAT YOU WISH TO MAKE HONG KONG THE FOCUS OF YOUR VISHT AND I DO NOT THINK THE CHINESE CAN BE IN ANY DOUBT ABOUT THIS. IN WILL
OF COURSE CONTINUE TO MAKE THE POINT CLEAR.
2.
AM RELUCTANT TO SUGGEST TO THE CHINESE THAT YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TWO FULL ROUNDS OF TALKS WITH WU XUEQIAN ON THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON OF 16 APRIL. THIS IS THE STANDARD PATTERN HERE FOR VISITING FOREIGN MINISTERS (SEMI-COLON) AND I THINK THAT A SUGGESTION THAT IT SHOULD BE VARIED WOULD BE SEEN AS DISOBLIGING TO WU PERSONALLY. BUT SEE NO OBJECTION TO SUGGESTING THAT THE MORNING SESSION SHOULD BE SPLIT HNTO TWO PARTS, THE FIRST PART TO COVER BILATERAL REALTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS, AND THE SECOND PART TO OPEN UP DISCUSSION ON HONG KONG (SEMI-COLN) AND THAT THE AFTERNOON SESSION SHOULD BE DEVOTED TO HONG KONG ALONE. YOUR MEETINGS WITH WU ON HONG KONG WILL SET THE SCENE FOR YOUR MEETINGS WITH LEADERS ON THE FOLLOWING DAY.
3. THE TRACK WILL BE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISCUSSION OF SUBJECTS OTHER THAN HONG KONG DOES NOT LAST FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR
AND A HALF (WITH INTERPRETATION). SUGGEST THAT SHOULD TELL ZHOU NAN THAT THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DEVOTE TO THESE SUBJECTS. AS TO THE SUBJECTS THEMSELVES,
SUGGEST THAT SHOULD MENTION EAST/WEST RELATIONS AND THE MIDDLE EAST. COULD ADD THAT YOU WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE EC AND THAT YOU WOULD WISH TO TOUCH ON ONE OR TWO BILATERAL ISSUES OTHER THAN HONG KONG. I COULD ALSO SAY THAT YOU WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT OTHER SUBJECTS OF COMMON CONCERN (SUCH AS AFGHANISTAN, KOREA AND CAMBODIA) OVER
DINNER.
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