GRS 155
SECRET
SECRET
121
TOP COPY
DESKBY 25100OZ
FROM PEKING 25091OZ JUL 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1605 OF 25/7/84t
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
HKK 027/21
RECEIVED IN REGISTÝ
25 JUL 1984
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
REGISTRY Artion Taken
так
9/2
YOUR TELNO 858:
113
FUTURE OF HONG KONG:
LUNCH BETWEEN
ZHOU NAN AND SIR PERCY CRADOCK
1. I TOLD ZHOU NAN THIS MORNING THAT CRADOCK
WOULD WELCOME A CHANCE OF HAVING LUNCH WITH HIM
2. ZHOU EXPRESSED A PREFERENCE FOR 28 JULY.
HE SAID THAT THERE MIGHT NOT BE TIME FOR MORE THAN A HURRIED LUNCH ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, GIVEN THE LIKELY TIMING OF YOUR MEETING WITH A CHINESE LEADER ON THAT AFTERNOON.
3. IT WAS LEFT THAT I WOULD REPORT HIS PREFERENCE AND THAT
HE WOULD SPEAK TO ME AGAIN, WITH MORE PRECISE IDEAS,
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
EVANS
MINIMAL
HKD
FED
COPIES TO
SIE
P
CRADOCK.
SECRET
(REPEATED AS REQUESTED)