PP PEKING
GRS 142
HKK040/57
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FM FCO 021515Z NOVEMBER 84
TO PIORITY PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1371 OF 2 NOVEMBER
AND TO HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA: GIFTS
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NUMBER TEN HAVE REQUESTED EARLY ADVICE ON SUITABLE
GIFTS TO BRING TO PEKING, AND FOR WHOM.
2
IN 1979 MRS. THATCHER PRESENTED A COMPLETE SET OF
SHAKESPEARE TO DENG AND A SILVER CIGARETTE CASE TO ZHAO.
SHE DID NOT TAKE UP FED'S ADVICE TO PRESENT A GIFT OF
SAPLINGS TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE. POSSIBILITIES THIS TIME
MIGHT BE A SAMPLE OF BRITISH GENETIC SUPERGLUE (NCNA
BULLETIN ON 26 OCTOBER, ITEM 102550) OR A BRITISH MICRO-
COMPUTER (ALSO DISCUSSED LAST TIME).
3 GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS, IF POSSIBLE BY 9 NOVEMBER.
ADDITIONAL IDEAS, ESPECIALLY WITH AN ACCEPTABLE HONG KONG
ANGLE (THE SUPERGLUE WOULD BE SYMBOLIC) WELCOME.
HOWE
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