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DESKBY 19093OZ FCO
DESK BY 19083OZ HONG KONG
FROM PEKING 19074OZ MAR
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 516 OF 19/3/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
FUTURE OF HONG KONG:
YOUR VISIT TO CHINA
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
19 MAR 1984
DUSK MAGICSA
RH 19/3
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ketion Takma
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.
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