}
GPS 240
+26
CONFIDENTIAL
HKR OULL
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY 23 DEC 1985
INDEX
REGISTRY (Action Taken
Аваз
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2867
OF 20071OZ DECEMBER 85
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
(421)
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 I WOULD HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO UMELCO INVITING MP JI. I 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 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 I 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.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
D/HD PUSD
MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
CONFIDENTIAL
THIS TIRAM WAS NOT
ADVANCED