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CONFIDENTIAL FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1888
CONFIDENTIAL
OF 310623Z DECEMBER 85
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
HKK OU ECRIVED IN REGISTRY - 2 JAN 1986
MY TELNO 1886: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: JH PENGFE'S VISIT
ABQ/
1. HAD TWO SHORT CONVERSATIONS WITH WU XUEQIAN AT THE MFA'S
NEW YEAR PARTY FOR THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS YESTERDAY (30 DECEMBER).
2. DURING THE FIRST CONVERSATION, WU SAID THAT HE HAD MET JI PENGFEI
THAT MORNING. JI HAD TZLD HIM THAT HE WAS VERY PLEASED BY HIS
RECEPTION IN HONG KONG AND THE WAY HIS VISIT HAD GONE. HE WAS
ALTOGETHER SATISFIED (WANQUAN MANY:}).
3. DURING THE SECOND CONVERSATION, WHEN WU AND WERE ALONE, I TOLD WU THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAD TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ABOUT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT. OVERWISE, THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT COULD BE ERODED, WHICH WOULD BE BAD FOR STABILITY AND PROSPERITY. RATHER TO MY SURPRISE, WU NODDED VIGOROUSLY. HE AGAIN NODDED WHEN I SAID THAT IT WAS I IMPORTANT FOR THE TWO SIDES TO KEEP TALKING AND TO WORK FOR CONVERGENCE. HE WENT ON TO ASK ME ABOUT MR RENTON 'PELECISE RESPONIBILITIES IN THE FCO, SAYING THAT HE LOOKED FORWARD TO SEEING MR RENTON IN PEKING.
4. THE REST OF THE CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT WU'S RECENT VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST. HE HAD NOTHING REMARKABLE TO SAY, EXCEPT THAT HE SAW LITTLE PROSPECT OF PROGRESS TOWARDS PEACE UNLESS THE ARABS COULD UNITE.
EVANS
HONG KONG AGREEMENT LIMITED
HD/HKD HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RES
PS
(MR WALKER)
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
MR J CROWLEY PUSD PS/LADY YOUNG
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVS MR PEIRCE. ASST STAFF
CABINET OFFICE
MR MALLABY CABINET OFFICE MR DRC CHRISTOPHER
CABINET OFFICE
SIR P CRADDOCK NO 10 DOWNING ST. MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
CONDENTIAL
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