GPS 240
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2867
OF 2OO71OZ DECEMBER 85
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
IA
The Week
HONG KONG TELNO 2861 : HONG KONG AGREEMENT: VISIT OF JI PENGFE!
1. THERE IS A GARBLE IN SUB-PAPAGPAPH C. WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT SIR S Y CHUNG ASKED WHETHER WOULD HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO UMELCO
INVITING MR JI. TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD NOT BUT THAT IT WOULD NEED
CAREFUL HANDLING. THE INVITATION WAS EXTENDED BY SIR S Y CHUNG TO
NCNA NOT VIA SIR Y K PAO. WHEN SIR Y K PAO HEARD FROM NCNA OF THIS
INVITATION HE ASKED ME ABOUT IT AND I TOLD HIM THAT I THOUGHT MR
JI PENGFE WOULD DO HIMSELF A VERY GOOD TURN IN HONG KONG IF HE
ACCEPTED THE INVITATION. IN THE EVENT I WAS NOT SURPRISED THAT JI
PENGFE WAS NOT PREPARED TO GO AS FAR AS ACCEPTING AN OFFICIAL
INVITATION SO SOON AFTER THE RECENT FURORE ABOUT REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT. JI'S PARTY HAVE HOWEVER OTHERWISE PLAYED THE GAME TO.
THE EXTENT OF INCLUDING THE TWO SENIOR MEMBERS OF EXCO AND LEGCO
IN THEIR OFFICIAL ENTERTAINMENT.
!
2. WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS IN EXCO I TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT IT WAS MY
AIM TO BRING THE CHINESE STEP BY STEP TO ACCEPTING THE EXISTENCE OF
THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGILATIVE COUNCILS MORE FORMALLY, AT LEAST AS
FAR AS VISITS WERE CONCEPNED SEMICOLON AND THAT PROVIDED WE DID NOT FORCE THE ISSUE THOUGHT THERE WERE REASONABLE PROSPECTS OF SUCCESS. THE IMPORTANT THING WAS NOT TO PRESS BEYOND A CERTAIN POINT AT ANY PARTICULAR STAGE, AS AN APPEARANCE OF A PUBLIC DISPUTE WOULD SET THE WHOLE PROCESS BACK. MEMBERS UNDERSTOOD THE DISAPPOINTMENT
OF LEGCO MEMBERS BUT AGREED WITH THIS PROGRESSIVE APPROACH.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
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MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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