NIT
PP PEKING
GRS 366
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RESTRICTED
HKCK 027/6
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
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- 5 AUG 1985
DESK OFFICER
FROM FCO 021700Z AUGUST 85
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PREGISTRAN
TO PRIORITY PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 685 OF 2 AUG
FOR INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
FROM FED
YOUR TELNO 1142: VISIT BY MR LUCE
1. MR LUCE REMAINS EAGER IF AT ALL POSSIBLE TO VISIT GUANGDONG.
HE CONSIDERS IT IMPORTANT THAT HIS ITINERARY IN CHINA SHOULD
INCLUDE THE PROVINCE NEIGHBOURING HONG KONG. HE WOULD IN ANY
CASE PREFER A FULLER PROGRAMME THAN THAT IN T/L THOMSON/ORR OF 15
JULY.
2. WE PRESUME THAT THERE WERE STRONG LOGISTICAL GROUNDS FOR
EXCISING GUANGDONG AS WELL AS SICHUAN IN RESPONSE TO OUR
TELNO 611. WE APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS LITTLE SCOPE FOR
CURTAILING THE SHANGHAI LEG. BUT WE WONDER IF SUFFICIENT TIME
MIGHT NOT BE GAINED BY LEAVING PEKING (FLIGHTS PERMITTING) ON
22 OR EVEN LATE ON 21 SEPTEMBER. MR LUCE IS NOT WEDDED TO ONE AN
A HALF DAYS SIGHTSEEING IN PEKING AND WOULD NOT OBJECT TO
WELCOMING AND RETURN BANQUETS ON 19 AND 20 SEPTEMBER. THERE IS
FURTHER FLEXIBILITY IN THAT HE NOW DOES NOT NEED TO REACH HONG
KONG UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON ON 25 SEPTEMBER.
3. GRATEFUL IF POSSIBLE FOR A FURTHER CAAC-COMPATIBLE DRAFT
PROGRAMME ON THIS BASIS.
4. ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE NOW PUT THE FOLLOWING TO THE CHINESE:
FIRST SESSION
A) HONG KONG
B)
BILATERAL ISSUES:
I) ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONS:
II) HIGH LEVEL EXCHANGES:
III)
IV)
CLAIMS:
CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL RELATIONS.
SECOND SESSION
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES.
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