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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2907 OF 6/12/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 1334 AND HONG KONG TEL NO 1380:
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: HONG KONG ATTENDANCE
1. I WOULD RATHER NOT GO BACK TO ZHOU NAN UNTIL I KNOW
YOUR VIEWS ON:
(A) THE PROPOSAL IN THE LAST TWO SENTENCES OF PARAGRAPH 1 OF
HONG KONG TUR:
(B) WHETHER YOU WOULD WISH ME TO APGUE AS PROPOSED
IN PARAGRAPH 6:
AND
(C)CWHETHER YOU WOULD WISH OUP LIST AMENDED AS SUGGESTED IN PARAGRAS 3, 4 AND 5.
2. I WOULD HOPE TO BE ABLE TO ARRANGE A MEETING WITH ZHOU NAN TOMORROW MORNING AND SHOULD DE GRATEFUL FOR INSTRUCTIONS DESKBY 0623532. IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO FECEIVE THE LIST OF UMELCO AND DISTRICT BOARD NAMES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PREFERABLY BEFORE A MEETING WITH ZHOU TOMORROW.
3. IT IS CLEAR THAT FURTHER EXCHANGES WILL BE NECESSARY
ON THIS SUBJECT. I SHALL BE IN SHANGHAI, ACTING AS
PRESIDENT OF THE SBTC'S OFF-SHORE OIL SEMINAR THERE (MP EUCHANAN-
SMITH ACTED AS PRESIDENT HERE),
FROM
SUNDAY EVENING UNTIL WEDNESDAY LUNCH TIME (9-12 DECEMBER).
BUT THOLSON WILL BE HERE WHIL I AM AWAY.
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