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FM FCO 222153Z NOV 84
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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1438 OF 22 NOVMBER
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 2799: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT
1. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS NOW AGREED THE PROGRAMME PROPOSALS
SET OUT IN OUTLINE IN PARA 1 OF YOUR TELNO 2747. SHE WOULD ALSO
BE GLAD TO SEE HU YAOBANG, PROVIDED THAT THERE IS NO (NO)
QUESTION OF THIS BEING A SUBSTITUTE FOR A CALL ON DENG, WHICH
SHOULD REMAIN THE PRIORITY.
2.
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS AGREED TO MAKE A SPEECH AT BOTH THE
SIGNATURE CEREMONY AND AT THE BANQUET. BOTH SPEECHES WILL BE
SHORT. THE SPEECH AT THE SIGNATURE CEREMONY WILL DEAL ENTIRELY
WITH THE AGREEMENT AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE AND THE SPEECH AT THE
BANQUET WILL DEAL WITH WIDER ISSUES, ALTHOUGH IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE
A PASSAGE ON HONG KONG.
3. YOU SHOULD SPEAK ACCORDINGLY TO ZHOU NAN, IF POSSIBLE ON
FRIDAY. IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL IF ZHOU NAN WERE ABLE TO
GIVE YOU A FORMAL RESPONSE ON THE NEW DATES AT THE SAME TIME,
SINCE THIS IS URGENTLY NEEDED IN CONNECTION WITH FINALISING THE
US VISIT. PLEASE DO ALL YOU CAN TO IMPRESS ON ZHOU THE NEED
FOR AN EARLY REPLY: WE UNDERSTAND OF COURSE THAT THIS IS NOT
WITHIN YOUR CONTROL.
4. THE PRIME MINISTER WILL ALSO WISH TO HAVE A BRIEF MEETING
WITH BRITISH CORRESPONDENTS IN PEKING. TIME SHOULD BE SET ASIDE
FOR THIS, POSSIBLY AFTER THE BANQUET.
5. YOU SHOULD PROPOSE TO THE CHINESE THAT THE FORMAL TALKS WITH
PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG SHOULD COVER THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
BILATERAL RELATIONS INCLUDING TRADE AND GUANGDONG NUCLEAR
(A)
HONG KONG
(B)
(C)
(I)
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS INCLUDING (DEPENDING ON TIME):
EAST/WEST RELATIONS AND ARMS CONTROL
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