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DESKBY 12060OZ PEKING
DESKBY 1209OOZ F C O
FM HONG KONG 120506Z DEC 84
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1407 OF 12 DECEMBER
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
1 1 DEC 1984
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Action Taken
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INFO IMMEDIATE F CO
YOUR TELNO 2953 TO F C 0: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: HONG KONG ATTENDANCE.
WE MUST CLEARLY ACCEPT THE SITUATION DESCRIBED IN TUR, UNSATISFACTORY THOUGH IT IS. THERE ARE HOWEVER A NUMBER OF POINTS ON WHICH WE NEED URGENT CLARIFICATION TOADY:
(A) HAVE THE CHINESE ISSUED INVITATIONS TO TS LO AND DR. HENRIETTA IP (ON THE SECOND CHINESE LIST) IN ADDITION TO THE 11 UNOFFICIALS WE HAV E
NOMINATED?
(B) WILL THE CHINESE TRANSMIT INVITATIONS TO OFFICIALS THROUGH THE POLITICAL ADVISER'S OFFICE AS WE HAVE REQUESTED, OR DO THEY INTEND TO ISSUE THEM DIRECT? ARE THEY APPROACHING UMELCO MEMBERS DIRECT?
(C) WHAT PLANS DO THE CHINESE HAVE TO PUBLICISE THE INVITATIONS (BEYOND THE ALREADY EXTENSIVE LEAKS HERE)? DO THEY INTEND TO MAKE A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT WITH OR WITHOUT A LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED? WE WOULD NOT WISH TO BE TAKEN UNAWARES, AND SEE CONSIDER- ABLE ADVANTAGE IN MAKING A SIMULTANEOUS ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR OWN, AT LEAST AS REGARDS THE OFFICIALS AND UNOFFICIALS WHO WILL BE ATTENDING (THOUGH WE WOULD OF COURSE MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PEKING AT THE INVITATION OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL.
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/2. J.P.LEE