DD 142330Z PEKING
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CONFIDENTIAL
DESKBY 142330Z
FM FCO 1412372 NOV 84
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1411 OF 14 NOVEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TOP COPY
HKK
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
16 NOV 1984
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YOUR TELNOS 2747, 2748 AND 2758 : PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO PEKING
AND HONG KONG
1.
WE ARE AFRAID THAT THERE IS NO PROSPECT OF COMPLETING CONSULTATION WITH NO 10 DOWNING ST AND GETTING INSTRUCTIONS TO YOU IN TIME FOR YOUR CALL ON ZHOU NAN ON 15 NOVEMBER. WE SHALL SEND INSTRUCTIONS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THEREAFTER, AND HOPE THAT THOMSON WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION ON THEM WITH ZHOU NAN. AT THE SAME TIME WE SHALL COVER THE PRIME MINISTER'S PROGRAMME IN
HONG KONG (HONG KONG TELNO 3473).
2.
WE DO HOWEVER NOW HAVE MINISTERS' VIEWS ON UNOFFICIAL PARTICIPATION FROM HONG KONG AT THE SIGNATURE CEREMONY (YOUR TELNO 2736, PARA 8), AND YOU SHOULD COVER THIS POINT WITH ZHOU NAN ON 15 NOVEMBER. YOU SHOULD SPEAK AS PROPOSED IN HONG KONG TELNO 3451, PARA 4, MAKING IN ADDITION THE POINT IN OUR TELNO 2233 TO HONG KONG, PARA 3. YOU MIGHT ADD THAT THE PRIME MINISTER IS BEING CONSULTED ON THE POINTS RAISED WITH YOU BY ZHOU NAN ON 13 NOVEMBER, AND THAT HER REACTIONS WILL BE CONVEYED TO ZHOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD HD/PROTOCOL DEPT
DEP HD/PUSD
RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER) PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT. LEGAL ADVISERS MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE
MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE MR COLVIN, CABINET OFFICE
SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST SIR P CRADOCK, ROOM K195
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