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TELEGRAM NUMBER 736 OF 9 JULY
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
FUTURE OF HONG KONG: "MY VISIT TO PEKING AND HONG KONG.
1. ONE OUTCOME OF THE CONSULTATIONS IN WHICH YOU AND THE GOVERNOR TOOK PART LAST WEEK WAS A DECISION THAT I SHOULD PAY A FURTHER VISIT TO PEKING AND HONG KONG IN LATE JÚLY AND EARLY
AUGUST. MY PREFERRED DATES ARE THE FOLLOWING:
25 JULY
26 JULY
LEAVE LONDON
ARRIVE HONG KONG
27 JULY (EVENING) .. HONG KONG TO PEKING 28-31 JULY
TALKS IN PEKING (29 JULY WOULD PRESUMABLY BE REST DAY BUT I SHOULD OF COURSE BE READY TO UNDERTAKE MEETINGS IF THE CHINESE SO WISHED,
PEKING TO HONG KONG
31 JULY (AFTERNOON)
1 AUGUST
2 AUGUST
(AFTERNOON OR EVENING) LEAVE HONG KONG
ARRIVE LONDON.
2. YOU SHOULD NOW SEEK AN URGENT CALL ON ZHOU NAN (PREFERABLY BEFORE THE NEXT ROUND OF TALKS). YOU SHOULD SAY THAT IN YOUR CONSULTATIONS LAST WEEK, MINISTERS REVIEWED ALL ASPECTS OF THE NEGOTIATION, IN PARTICULAR THE ISSUES CURRENTLY UNDER DISCUSSION.
ACCORDINGLY, I PROPOSE THAT I SHOULD COME TO PEKING
ON THE DATES SET OUT ABOVE FOR A FURTHER WORKING VISIT. ITS OBJECT WOULD BE TO CONDUCT A FÜRTHER REVIEW OF THE POSITION THAT NEGOTIATIONS HAD REACHED ON ALL FRONTS, TO IDENTIFY THE REMAINING PROBLEMS AND TO EXPLORE POSSIBLE WAY OF OVERCOMING THEM.
3. WHEN YOU WERE IN LONDON YOU SUGGESTED THAT A PROPOSAL FOR A VISIT MIGHT RECEIVE MORE READY ACCEPTANCE BY THE CHINESE IF WE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS WOULD BE A WORKING VISIT AND THAT WE
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