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FROM PEKING 14075OZ DEC 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1979 OF 14/12/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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MIPT AND YOUR TELNCS 1546-1548: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: SPEECHES
346.
1. DURING MY CALL ON ZHOU NAN THIS MORNING, HANDED HIM COPIES OF THE SPEECH TEXTS IN YOUR TELNOS 1547 AND 1548. I TOLD ZHOU THAT
WE WERE WORKING ON TRANSLATIONS AND WOULD MAKE THEM AVAILABLE AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE. I ASKED ZHOU WHERE DENG XIAOPING SHOULD BE
MENTIONED IN THE PREAMBLE TO THE SIGNATURE CEREMONY SPEECH. ZHOU
UNDERTOOK TO LOOK INTO THIS AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE.
2. ZHOUSAID THAT ZHAO ZIYANG WAS AT PRESENT AWAY FROM PEKING.
HIS DRAFT SPEECH TEXTS HAD THUS NOT YET BEEN CLEARED. ZHOU HOPED
TO BE ABLE TO LET US HAVE THESE TEXTS ON MONDAY, IF NOT TOMORROW.
EVANS WMITED
HKD FED
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MR WILSON
CONFIDENTIAL
COPIES TO".
SIR P CRADOCK (2)
REPEATED AS REQUESTED
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