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TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2095
OF 0805OOZ OCTOBER 35
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
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MY TELNO 1972 : VISIT OF MR. RENTON : NCNA INVITATION.
1. THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY AND MRS. XU JIATUN WILL BE ATTENDING MY DINNER FOR MR.
RENTON ON 29 OCTOBER.
2. IN ACCEPTING THIS INVITATION XU HAS IN TURN EXTENDED A DINNER INVITATION TO MR. RENTON SHOULD HE HAVE AN EVENING FREE. THE
GESTURE IS NOT WITHOUT INTEREST.
3. HOWEVER LEAVING ASIDE PROGRAMME PROBLEMS, IT WOULD BE QUITE INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE MINISTER OF STATE TO BE HOSTED BY NCNA IN HONG KONG. WE PROPOSE THEREFORE TO THAN MR XU BUT SAY THAT THE
PROGRAMME IS ALREADY FULL.
4. MR XU HAS ALSO ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO THE RECEPTION FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF LEGCO, A GESTURE WHICH WILL BE INTERPRETED AS HAVING SOME POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE HERE.
YOUDE
LIMITED SEAD
HKD
PROTOCOL D PS/MR RENTON MR WILSON
HKK 02716
LIVED IN REGISTRY
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