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FROM JD I BOYD, AUSS
DATED 1 NOVEMBER 1984
FOLLOWING FOR SIR RICHARD EVANS KCMG PEKING
COPIED TO
SIR EDWARD YOUDE GCMG MBE HONG KONG
CC W ADAMS ESQ BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 2596: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA
1.
ANOTHER WEEK IS LIKELY TO GO BY BEFORE THE PRIME MINISTER
DECIDES ON THE TIMING AND DURATION OF HER VISIT. THERE IS
NOTHING WE CAN TELL THE CHINESE YET. HOWEVER, IT SEEMS WORTH
AGREEING AMONGST OURSELVES HOW WE SHOULD APPROACH THE VISIT.
2. OUR BEST GUESS IS THAT MRS THATCHER WILL PROPOSE A VISIT OF
TWO DAYS BEGINNING AROUND 18 DECEMBER FOLLOWED BY TWO DAYS IN
HONG KONG. THIS WOULD LEAVE NO TIME FOR TRAVEL OUTSIDE PEKING.
3.
FOCUSED AS IT IS ON THE FORMAL SIGNING OF THE JOINT DECLARA-
TION, THE VISIT WILL BE SHORTER THAN A NORMAL ONE AT THIS LEVEL.
IT WILL HAVE ITS OWN CHARACTER. WE DO NOT HAVE A LIST OF MAOR
BILATERAL ISSUES TO RESOLVE DURING IT. NOR (CF CHANCELLOR KOHL'S
VISIT) ARE THERE MAOR TRADE DEALS OR OTHER AGREEMENTS TO
CELEBRATE. HOWEVER, THE VISIT WILL BE OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE FOR
CONSOLIDATING TOP LEVEL RAPPORT WITH THE CHINESE WITH AN EYE TO
A. RESOLUTION OF ANY FUTURE DIFFICULTIES OVER IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE HONG KONG AGREEMENT:
B.
C.
4.
DEVELOPMENT OF BILATERAL RELATIONS AS A MATRIX FOR A AND
IN THEIR OWN RIGHT:
AND
CREATION OF IMPETUS FOR SUBSEQUENT ACTION BY WHITEHALL.
APART FROM TALKS WITH ZHAO AND DENG, SHOULD WE EXPECT (OR
PROPOSE) SESSIONS WITH HU YAOBANG AND LI XIANNIAN (CF KOHL)?
5. SUBECT MATTER FOR THE PRIME MINISTER IN PEKING. ON HONG
KONG WE KNOW THE VIEWS OF OUR SIDE (PERCY
CRADOCK'S LETTER OF 3 OCTOBER AND REPLIES). IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
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