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FM FCO 101430Z DECEMBER 84
CONFIDENTIAL
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1521 OF 10 DEC 1984
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG AND TOKYO (PERSONAL FOR SIR E YOUDE)
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HONG KONG TELS NOS 3747, 3748 AND 3756 AND PEKING TELNO 2946:
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: HONG KONG ATTENDANCE
1.
THE CHINESE HAVE ALREADY AGREED (PARA 3 OF PEKING TELNO 2900) TO THE PRINCIPLES THAT HONG KONG REPRESENTATION SHOULD BE BALANCED, AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES OVER THE LIST. WE SEE NO NEED TO LABOUR THESE POINTS WITH
THEM.
2. IN ADDITION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND UMELCO, WHO ARE IN A SPECIAL CATEGORY, WE DO NOT WISH ACTUALLY TO VETO NAMES, BECAUSE IF WE DID:
3.
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(I) IT WOULD GIVE THE CHINESE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW IT TO
BECOME KNOWN THAT WE HAD BLACKBALLED CERTAIN PEOPLE:
(II) WE COULD HARDLY OBJECT IF THE CHINESE THEN VETOED
CERTAIN OF THE NAMES ON OUR LIST (IN ADDITION TO LU
SHINGCHU).
THOMSON SHOULD THEREFORE MAKE THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
UMELCO DELEGATION. THE LIST IN PARA 3(B) OF HONG KONG TELNO
3747 SHOULD BE HANDED OVER. YOU SHOULD SAY THAT THIS LIST HAS
BEEN AGREED BY UMELCO AND THAT WE WOULD PREFER THE CHINESE NOT TO
INVITE OTHER UMELCO MEMBERS. (THE STATEMENT QUOTED IN PEKING
TELNO 2946 WAS MADE ON THE BASIS OF THIS FIRST CHINESE LIST: ALL
UMELCO MEMBERS ON THAT ARE ON OUR LIST.)
WE ASSUME THAT HONG KONG ARE CLEAR THAT TS LO AND DR IP WILL NOT
OBJECT IF THEY SUBSEQUENTLY HEAR THAT WE HAVE VETOED THEIR
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