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TELEGRAM NUMBER 715 OF 11/4/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
YOUR VISIT: CHINESE TEAM AT THE TALKS.
1. PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT INFORMED US TODAY THAT THE
PROVISIONAL CHINESE TEAM FOR THE TALKS WILL
BE AS FOLLOWS:
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WU XUEQIAN STATE COUNCILLOR AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
ZHOU NAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER, MFA
SHAO TIANREN, LEGAL ADVISER TO MFA
GUO FENGMIN, HEAD OF WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT, MFA LU PING, ADVISER, WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT, MFA WU MINGLIAN, DEPUTY HEAD OF PROTOCOL DEPT, MFA KE ZAISHUO, COUNSELLOR, WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT,MFA LUO JIAHUAN, COUNSELLOR, WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT MFA
2. THE INTERPRETER WOULD BE MME ZHANG YOUYUN. THE CHINESE SIDE WAS CONTENT THAT SHE SHOULD INTERPRET FOR THE CHINESE SIDE AND THAT Y P CHENG SHOULD INTERPRET FOR THE UK SIDE, BOTH AT THE TALKS AND DURING THE CALLS ON LEADERS.
3. THE ONLY TWO ADDITIONS TO THE NORMAL TEAM IN THE HONG KONG
TALKS APART FROM WU XUEQIAN HIMSELF, ARE GUO FENGMIN AND
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WU MINGLIAN. BOTH ARE UNSURPRISING. ALSO PREDICTABLY LI JUSHENG IS NOT INCLUDED. THE CHINESE SIDE STRESSED THAT THE LIST WAS STILL PROVISIONAL. NOW THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED 10 PERSONS
AT THE TALBE, WE EXPECT THAT THEY WILL ADD TO IT TO MATCH OUR
NUMBERS.
4. WE HAVE TOLD THE CHINESE SIDE THAT ATTENDANCE AT THE CALLS ON LEADERS WILL PROBABALY BE SMALLER THAN AT THE TALKS THEMSELVES, BUT THAT WE WILL WISH TO DECIDE IT WHEN
WE SEE HOW THE DISCUSSIONS GO. THEY SEEM CONTENT WITH THIS.
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