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FROM PEKING 08071OZ MAR 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 390 OF 8/3/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
MIPT: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: YOUR VISIT TO PEKING.
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1. I WAS GLAD TO LEARN THAT YOU PROPOSE TO VISIT PEKING FROM
15-18 APRIL AND HONG KONG IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER. I AM SURE IT
IS RIGHT THAT YOU SHOULD VISIT PEKING BEFORE HONG KONG AND THAT
THERE SHOULD BE NO INTERVAL BETWEEN THE TWO VISITS. A VISIT
DURING A WORKING WEEK WILL APPEARL MORE TO THE CHINESE THAN A
VISIT OVER A WEEKEND WOULD HAVE DONE. ·
2. I SHOULD LIKE TO MENTION YOUR PROPOSAL TO ZHOU NAN WHEN I HAVE
DINNER WITH HIM TOMORROW (9 MARCH). FOR THE REASONS GIVEN IN MY TEL NO 383, AND ALSO BECAUSE THERE MUST NOW BE SOME DANGER OF A LEAK ABOUT YOUR PLAN TO COME HERE I THINK THAT WE
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SHOULD SPEAK TO THE CHINESE SOON. I ALSO THINK THAT IT WOULD
BE BETTER FOR ME TO PUT THE PROPOSAL TO ZHOU IN THE CIRCUM- STANCES OF THE DINNER THAN AT THE TABLE DURING THE NEXT ROUND (WHEN UPWARDS OF 20 PEOPLE WILL BE PRESENT) OR AT THE DINNER PARTY AFTER THE ROUND (WHEN I MIGHT FIND IT HARDER TO GET HMIM ON HIS OWN). I SHOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR AUTHORITY TO BROACH THE PROPOSAL, SPEAKING ON THE LINES OUTLINED IN PARAGRAPH 9
OF YOUR TEL NO 190.
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