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DESKBY FCO 29O9OOZ
FM HONG KONG 29073OZ NOV 84
TO FLASH PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1349 OF 29 NOVEMBER
HKK 040/57.
RECEIVE
IND..
VGÜN:
29 NOV 1984
158
INFO IMMEDIATE FCO
MY TELNO 1348 : HONG KONG AGREEMENT : PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT : HONG KONG ATTENDANCE
1. I SPOKE TO SIR S Y CHUNG EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HE SAW NO DIFFICULTY ABOUT THE PROPOSITION THAT THERE WOULD BE TWO OFFICIAL DELEGATIONS (PARA 4 OF MY TELNO 3629).
2. AS REGARDS THE ATTENDANCE OF OTHERS, HE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE OF WHAT IS PROPOSED BEFORE GIVING A VIEW. XU JIATUN, THE NCNA MAN HERE, IS STILL TALKING IN TERMS OF A HUNDRED INVITEES AND IS GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT WHO SHOULD BE INVITED IS BEING DISCUSSED BETWEEN LONDON AND PEKING. SIR S.Y SEES THE COMPOSITION OF OTHERS TO BE INVITED AND THE CAPACITY IN WHICH THEY WOULD BE INVITED AS ALSO RELEVANT. IF FOR INSTANCE THE CHINESE PROPOSE TO INCLUDE ONLY NPC DELEGATES THEN THAT WOULD MATCH MEMBERS FROM UMELCO. IF THEY PLAN TO INVITE. CPPCC DELEGATES AND A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG THAT WOULD GIVE THE GROUP
A DIFFERENT COMPOSITION.
3. I SUGGEST THEREFORE THAT THE AMBASSADOR SHOULD CONFINE HIS PROPOSAL TO PARA 4 OF MY TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE: SAY THAT WE WOULD WANT SOME MEMBERS OF UMELCO TO BE PRESENT AND GIVEN DUE STATUS: AND ALSO MENTION DAVIS: BUT PRESS HARD FOR MORE DETAILS OF CHINESE INTENTIONS AS SUGGESTED IN PARA 3 CF YOUR TELNO 1459. IN THE LIGHT OF WHAT EMERGES WE CAN THEN MAKE FURTHER PROPOSALS
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