GRS 415
SECRET
DESBKY 11090OZ (BOTH),
SECRET
FROM PEKING 110755Z JUL 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1365 OF 11/7/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
MY TEL NO 1360:
1.
VIS
16
16
(6)
See 17
HKK 027/2EP
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
11 JUL 1984
PESKOPTAL EN
FUTURE OF HONG KONG : YOUR VISIT TO PEKING.
IN TERMS OF OBLIGING THE CHINESE, IT WOULD BE
BETTER IF YOU COULD FALL IN WITH WU'S PREFERRED TIMETABLE.
2. DO NOT THINK, HOWEVER, THAT THE CHINESE WOULD BE SERIOUSLY
DISCONCERNTED IF YOU WERE TO INSTRUCT ME TO SAY THAT YOU
PREFERRED TO STICK TO YOUR OWN SUGGESTED TIMETABLE (ZHOU NAN TALKED
TO ME THROUGHOUT IN TERMS OF PREFERENCES). THERE ARE,
AFTER ALL, TWO FULL DAYS BETWEEN 27 JULY (THE DATE ON WHICH
YOU WOULD PREFER TO ARRIVE AND ON WHICH THE THAI FOREIGN
MINISTER WILL LEAVE) AND 30 JULY (THE DATE ON WHICH WU WILL LEAVE
FOR LATIN AMERICA. ) THERE WOULD BE TIME FOR YOU TO HAVE AT LEAST
ONE ROUND OF TALKS WITH WU, TO GO TO THE BANQUET WHICH HE WOULD
CERTAINLY WISH TO GIVE FOR YOU AND TO GIVE
HIM A DINNER PARTY IN RETURN. I COULD SAY THAT YOU
WOULD QUITE UNDERSTAND IT, BECAUSE OF WU'S PROGRAMME,
SOME OF YOUR TALKS WOULD HAVE TO BE WITH OTHER CHINESE LEADERS.
3. SOME MORE SUBSTANTIAL CONSIDERATIONS POINT IN
THE DIRECTION OF YOUR STICKING TO YOUR OWN PREFERRED TIMETABLE:
(A) WE SHALL HAVE A BETTER IDEA BY 27 JULY THAN BY 17
JULY OF HOW MUCH THE WORKING GROUP IS LIKELY TO BE
ABLE TO ACHIEVE IN PREPARING AGREED LANGUAGE FOR
THE ANNEX OR ANNEXES (SMI-COLON)
(B) IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU COME TO CHINA AFTER WE
WE HAD GIVEN THE CHINESE OUR REVISED ANNEXES ON
NATIONALITY, LAND AND CIVIL AVIATION, ALL OF WHICH
WILL CONTAIN PROPOSALS WHICH ARE NEW IN SUBSTANCE.
IT IS UNLIKELY THAT WE SHALL BE ABLE TO
GIVE THE CHINESE ANY OF THESE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK (SEMI-
COLON)
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