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FM FCO 191745Z MAR 84
TO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS
TELEGRAM NUMBER 139 OF 19 MARCH
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FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF PRIVATE OFFICE
WAS RECEIVED FROM PEKING TELEGRAM NUMBER 516 OF 19 MARCH TO FCO
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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FUTURE OF HONG KONG:
YOUR VISIT TO CHINA
1. ZHOU NAN DREW ME ASIDE AT A LUNCH GIVEN BY THE
EC AMBASSADORS FOR WU XUEQIAN TODAY (19 MARCH), SAYING THAT
HE HAD GOOD NEWS FOR ME. WU WOULD BE VERY PLEASED TO RECEIVE
YOU. AS, HOWEVER, WU WAS NOT SURE THAT HE WOULD BE BACK IN CHINA
FROM HIS TOUR OF EUROPE AND AFRICA BEFORE 15 APRIL, HE PROPOSED
THAT YOU SHOULD COME TO PEKING FROM 17 TO 20 APRIL.
ME WHETHER THESE DATES WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU.
ZHOU ASKED
2. I SAID THAT I DID NOT KNOW, BUT THAT I WOULD REPORT IMMEDIATELY.
3. ZHOU ADDED THAT WU WOULD BE MEETING A NUMBER OF FOREIGN
CORRESPONDENTS, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WHICH THEY HAD SUBMITTED
TO HIM, LATER THIS WEEK (HE COULD NOT GIVE ME A PRECISE DATE).
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS CONCEREND THE POSSIBILITY OF A VISIT TO
CHINA BY YOU. WU WOULD SAY THAT HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
YOU IN CHINA NEXT MONTH, BUT THAT THE PRECISE DATES AND OTHER
ARRANGEMENTS REMAINED TO BE SETTLED.
4. IN VIEW OF THIS I RECOMMEND THAT YOU SHOULD SAY
SOMETHING ABOUT THE VISIT IN YOUR SPEECH IN THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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