GPS 400
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2573
OF 19101OZ NOVEMBER 35
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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2 7 NOV 1985
YOUR TELNO 1812 : HONG KONG AGREEMENT : VISIT TO "HONG" KONG
OF STATE COUNCILLOR JI PENGFEI.
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I BRIEFED EXCO THIS MORNING. MEMBERS THOUGHT A VISIT POTENTIALLY
VALUABLE. MR. Q.W. LEE WARNED THAT WE SHOULD NEED TO GET OUR PRESS
HANDLING RIGHT. MEMBERS ALSO AGREED THAT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT
THAT HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BE SEE TO HAVE AT LEAST SOME HAND IN
THE PROGPAMME.
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2. BOYD RAISED THE SUBJECT AT LUNCH WITH NCNA TO THEIR EVIDENT
GRATIFICATION. HE HANDED OVER AN ADVANCE COPY OF MY LETTER OF
INVITATION (MY TELNO 2552, WITH FINAL PHRASE AMENDED TO READ
**VIEWS ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST''). IT TRANSPIRED IN
DISCUSSION THAT THE DATES WHICH SUIT HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
(THE WEEK BEGINNING 9 DECEMBER) ALSO SUIT NONA, AND FOR THE SAME
REASON: TO HAVE THE LEGCO DEBATE ON NATIONALITY OUT OF THE WAY.
3. NCNA SAID THAT JI WOULD BE HAPPY TO UNDERTAKE A TWO-THREE DAY
OFFICIAL VISIT FROM 10-12 DECEMBER, TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE USUAL
NCNA PROGRAMME. OFF THE CUFF THEY THOUGHT THAT THE FOLLOWING
ELEMENTS MIGHT USEFULLY BE INCORPORATED IN OUR PART OF THE
PROGRAMME :
CALL AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE: GOVERNOR'S DINNER: VISIT TO A NEW
TOWN: VIEW HONG KONG FROM A HIGH PLACE''. WE SUGGESTED A
HELICOPTER RIDE: THEY THOUGHT THIS ATTRACTIVE, SUBJECT TO
JI'S PHYSICAL CONDITION. THE QUESTION OF ACCOMMODATION WAS LEFT
OPEN FOR THE PRESENT, BUT NCNA INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD BE HAPPY
TO PUT JI UP IN NCNA QUARTERS FOR THE ENTIRE VISIT IF THAT WAS OUP
WISH.
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