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GRS 250
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2866
CCNFIDENTIAL
OF 200725Z DECEMBER 85
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
ARR OU (1
RECEIVED IN PEGSTRY
23 DEC 1935
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427
J PENGFE'S VISIT.
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12
неств
1. JI PENGFE HOSTED A DINNER LAST NIGHT FOR ME, SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG ESTABLISHMENT (INCLUDING SIR S Y CHUNG AND MISS DUNN), AND SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE AND BASIC LAW CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE. HE DID NOT HAVE MUCH TO SAY EXCEPT THAT HE HAD FOUND HIS VISIT VALUABLE. I TOLD HIM THAT OUR WELCOME TO HIM HAD BEEN SINCERE AND THAT IF OTHER CHINESE LEADERS WISHED TO VISIT HONG KONG WE WOULD BE VERY READY TO MAKE SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS FOR
THEM.
2. DURING THE DINNER I HAD A SHORT TALK WITH WU HONGPO, THE MFA AND JLG INTERPRETER WHO IS WITH JI PENGFE. HE ASKED HOW THE CHINESE AGREEMENT ON THE ENDORSEMENT OF PASSPORTS HAD GONE ON DOWN IN HONG KONG. TOLD HIM THAT IT HAD BEEN WELL RECEIVED. WAS ALSO ABLE TO POINT TO PRACTICAL EVIDENCE OF THE GREAT IMPORTANCE WHICH PEOPLE IN HONG KONG ATTACHED TO BEING ABLE TO TRAVEL ON BUSINESS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES ON TRAVEL DOCUMENTS WHICH GAVE THEM VISA-FREE ACCESS TO MANY COUNTRIES. TWO OR THREE SENIOR BUSINESSMEN PRESENT WOULD BE FITTING IN BUSINESS TRIPS TO NEIGHBOURING COUNTIRES AND ALSO TO THE USA AND UK BETWEEN NOW AND CHRISTMAS AND SOME WERE VISITING NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES AND WOULD YET BE BACK IN TIME TO SEE OFF MP
JI ON SUNDAY.
3. WE ALSO AGREED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF THE GATT. WU SAID HE PERSONALLY HOPED THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT AT THE NEXT JLG BUT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THE EXPERT SUB-GROUP TO SORT OUT THE TECHNICAL ISSUES. GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAD BEEN BRINGING HOME TO THE CHINESE VISITORS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ISSUE.
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