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TELEGRAM NUMBER 635 OF 3/4/34
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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1. I CALLED ON ZHOU NAN THIS MORNING (3 APRIL)
2. 1 REPEATED THAT YOU WISHED TO MAKE HONG KONG THE FOCUS OF YOUR VISIT, AND TO USE THE TALKS TO TAKE STOCK OF THE POSITION REACHED AND TO GIVE IMPETUS TO THE NEXT PHASE. ON THE CONTENT OF YOUR TALKS WITH WU XUEQIAN, I SPOKE AS AUTHORISED.
ZHOU AGREED THAT THERE SHOULD BE TWO SESSIONS OF TALKS WITH WU ON THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON OF 16 APRIL, LASTING APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS EACH. HE THOUGHT THAT ONE AND A HALF HOURS OF THE
FIRST SESSION SHOULD BE ADEQUATE FOR NON-HONG KONG BILATERAL ISSUES AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES (I HAD MENTIONED EAST/WEST RELATIONS AND THE MIDDLE EAST). HE ALSO AGREED THAT OTHER
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES (1 HAD MENTIONED THE EC, AFGHANISTAN, CAMBODIA AND KOREA) MIGHT BE DISCUSSED OVER DINNER.
HE SAID THAT THE CHINESE SIDE HAD NO SUBJECTS OF ITS OWN TO PROPOSE. HE ASKED WHAT BILATERAL ISSUES WE HAD IN MIND. I MENTION- ED THE CONSULATE-GENERAL IN SHANGHAI, AIR SERVICES AND CLAIMS AS POSSIBILITIES.
3. 1 CONFIRMED TO ZHOU THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO REMAIN UNTIL MIDDAY ON 18 APRIL IF THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR
YOU TO SEE OTHER LEADERS. ZHOU CONFIRMED THAT IT WOULD GIVE THE CHINESE SIDE MORE FREEDOM, THOUGH HE COULD NOT AT THIS STAGE SAY WHICH LEADERS WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
4. 1 SPOKE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SIR PERCY CRADOCK HAVING MEETINGS IN THE MARGINS WITH ZHOU NAN. ZHOU AGREED THAT THIS MIGHT BE USEFUL AND ALSO THAT ANY SUCH MEETINGS SHOULD BE FIXED UP AD HOC. HE CONFIRMED THAT HE WOULD HIMSELF ATTEND THE TALKS WITH WU XUEQIAN. EVANS
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