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TO PRIORITY CERTAIN MISSIONS AND DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
GUIDANCE TELEGRAM NUMBER 074 OF 20 JULY 1984
FUTURE OF HONG KONG:
VISIT BY SECRETARY OF STATE TO HONG KONG AND PEKING
1.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL VISIT HONG KONG FROM 26 TO 27 JULY, PEKING FROM 27 TO 31 JULY AND HONG KONG
AGAIN FROM 31 JULY TO 1 AUGUST.
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2. THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS VISITING PEKING AT THE
INVITATION OF THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER, WU XUEQIAN. HE
WILL CONTINUE HIS SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS WITH WU XUEQIAN AND
OTHER CHINESE LEADERS ON ALL ASPECTS OF HONG KONG'S FUTURE. YOU SHOULD DISCOURAGE ANY SPECULATION THAT THERE IS CRISIS
IN THE TALKS. THERE IS NOTHING UNUSUAL IN THE SECRETARY OF
STATE'S VISIT NOW. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO CARRY
FORWARD TALKS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. THE PACE OF VISITS IS
BOUND TO SPEED UP AS WE MOVE TOWARDS A CONCLUSION OF
THE NEGOTIATIONS.
3. THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG WILL GIVE
HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, TO WHICH WE ATTACH GREAT IMPORTANCE. HE WILL MEET THE GOVERNOR AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE
COUNCILS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY.
STATE OF TALKS
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