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FM HONG KONG 13094OZ DEC 84
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1418 OF 13 DECEMBER
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MY TELNO 3774: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: HONG KONG ATTENDANCE.
1. WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED NCNA'S LIST OF THOSE TO WHOM THEY HAVE
ISSUED INVITATIONS. IT INCLUDES 128 NAMES. 27 OF THESE APPEARED ON OUR LIST AS WELL AS ONE OR OTHER OF THE TWO CHINESE LISTS GIVEN TO THE EMBASSY: 28 APPEARED ON OUR LIST ONLY: AND 69 WERE ON THEIR LISTS ONLY. THERE ARE ALSO FOUR NAMES (INCLUDING DR H.C. HO) WHO APPEARED ON NO PREVIOUS LISTS.
2. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN FOR TRANSMISSION INVITATION CARDS FOR THE SIX OFFICIALS WE NOMINATED. THE NAMES OF THE FOUR ADDITIONAL OFFICIALS ON THE SECOND CHINESE LIST WERE INCLUDED IN NCNA'S LIST BUT WE WERE NOT GIVEN INVITATIONS FOR THEM AND NONA CONFIRMED THAT THEY WERE NOT IN FACT BEING INVITED.
3. THERE ARE ONE OR TWO OTHER DISCREPANCIES WHICH WE ARE PURSUING.
4. NCNA DO NOT YET HAVE ANY CLEAR IDEA AS TO HOW MANY OF THOSE INVITED WILL ACTUALLY ATTEND. THEY SAY THEY HAVE HAD ROUGHLY 70 ACCEPTANCES SO FAR.
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MR WILSON
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