77
GRS 230
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FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1888
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TOP CORT
HKM 027/16 ник
„CEIVED IN REGISTRY
31 DEC 1985
EGISTOY
PA
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BLOK OF IDEN INDEX
OF 310623Z DECEMBER 85
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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MY TELNO 1886: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: J PENGFE'S VISIT
1. HAD TWO SHORT CONVERSATIONS WITH WU XUEQIAN AT THE MFA'S
NEW YEAR PARTY FOR THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS YESTERDAY (30 DECEMBER).
2. DURING THE FIRST CONVERSATION, WU SAID THAT HE HAD MET JI PENGFE-I THAT MORNING. JI HAD TZLD HIM THAT HE WAS VERY PLEASED BY HIS RECEPTION IN HONG KONG AND THE WAY HIS VISIT HAD GONE. HE WAS
ALTOGETHER SATISFIED (WANQUAN MANY:1).
3. DURING THE SECOND CONVERSATION, WHEN WU AND WERE ALONE, TOLD WU THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAD TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE
VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ABOUT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT.
OVERWISE, THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT COULD BE ERODED, WHICH WOULD BE BAD FOR STABILITY AND PROSPERITY. RATHER TO MY SURPRISE, WU NODDED VIGOROUSLY. HE AGAIN NODDED WHEN I SAID THAT IT WAS 1:
IMPORTANT FOR THE TWO SIDES TO KEEP TALKING AND TO WORK FOR
CONVERGENCE. HE WENT ON TO ASK ME ABOUT MR RENTON PELECISE
RESPONIBILITIES IN THE FCO, SAYING THAT HE LOOKED FORWARD TO SEEING
MR RENTON IN PEKING.
4. THE REST OF THE CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT WU'S RECENT VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST. HE HAD NOTHING REMARKABLE TO SAY, EXCEPT THAT HE SAW LITTLE PROSPECT OF PROGRESS TOWARDS PEACE UNLESS THE ARABS
COULD UNITE.
EVANS
"HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED HD/HKD HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RES (MR WALKER)
PS
PS/MR FENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
MR J CROWLEY PUSD PS/LADY YOUNG
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVS MR PEIRCE. ASST STAFF
CABINET OFFICE
MR MALLABY CABINET OFFICE MR DRC CHRISTOPHER
CABINET OFFICE SIR P CRADDOCK NO 10 DOWNING ST. MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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