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RECEIVED REGISTRY
1 5 NOV 1984
D-SK OFFICER
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FROM PEKING 150423Z NOV 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
INC
TELNO 2765 OF 15/11/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
PA
A
MY TELNO 2758 AND YOUR TELNO 1411: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO
PEKING AND HONG KONG.
1. AFTER I HAD DISCUSSED THE FUTURE OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
IN HONG KONG WITH ZHOU NAN THIS MORNING (REPORTED SEPARATELY),
I SPOKE ON THE QUESTION OF UNOFFICIAL PARTICIPATION FROM HONG KONG
AT THE SIGNATURE CEREMONY, AS INSTRUCTED IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF SECOND
TUR.
"
2. ZHOU TOOK ME UP ON THE QUESTION OF ''NOMINATING' HONG KONG
FIGURES OTHER THAN THE UNOFFICIALS FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE
CEREMONY (PARAGRAPH 3 OF YOUR TELNO 2233). DID THIS MEAN THAT
WE INTENDED UNILATERALLY TO NOMINATE SUCH FIGURES OR WOULD WE
CONSULT THE CHINESE? I SAID THAT WE CERTAINLY INTENDED THAT
CONSULTATIONS SHOULD TAKE PLACE. OUR GENERAL POINT WAS THAT
NEITHER SIDE SHOULD SPRING SURPRISES ON THE OTHER. ZHOU ASKED FOR
CONFIRMATION THAT WE WERE PROPOSING THAT THE UNOFFICIALS SHOULD
BE INVITED IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY. I GAVE IT. HE THEN ASKED
WHICH UNOFFICIALS WE WERE PROPOSING SHOULD BE INVITED AND HOW
MANY HONG KONG FIGURES WE SHOULD WISH TO PROPOSE IN TOTAL. I SAID
THAT I COULD NOT TELL HIM TO-DAY. ZHOU SAID THAT HE WOULD STUDY
WHAT I HAD SAID AND IT COULD THEN BE DISCUSSED FURTHER.
3. I ASKED ZHOU WHETHER IT WAS THE CHINESE INTENTION TO INCLUDE
IN THEIR OFFICIAL DELEGATION FOR THE PM'S VISIT MEMBERS OF THEIR
DELEGATION TO THE TALKS AND OF THEIR TEAMS IN THE WORKING GROUP
AND AD HOC GROUP. ZHOU SAID HIS PRELIMINARY VIEW WAS THAT ALL SUCH
PEOPLE WOULD BE INCLUDED. HE ADDED THAT THOSE STANDING BEHIND
THE TABLE DURING THE SIGNATURE CEREMONY MUST BE OFFICIALS OF
''OUR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS'', AND NOT OTHERS.
4. ZHOU ASKED WHETHER WE YET HAD VIEWS ON HOW AND WHEN THE VISIT
SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED. I SAID THAT THIS, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER QUESTIONS TO WHICH I HAD NOT YET REPLIED, WAS BEING CONSIDERED
IN LONDON. THOMSON WOULD BE IN TOUCH ON ALL OF THESE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
EVANS
LIMITED HKD FED
MR WILSON
COPIES ΤΟ SIR. P CRADOCK
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