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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2579
OF 19101OZ NOVEMBER 25
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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YOUR TELNO 1812 HONG KONG AGREEMENT
OF STATE COUNCILLOR JI PENGFEI.
: VISIT TO HONG^ KONG
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I BRIEFED EXCO THIS MORNING. MEMBERS THOUGHT A VISIT POTENTIALLY
VALUABLE. MR. Q.M. LEE WARNED THAT WE SHOULD MEED 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 PROGRAMME.
2. BOYD RAISED THE SUBJECT AT LUNCH WITH MCNA 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 NCNA, 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 NONA INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO PUT JI UP IN NCNA QUARTERS FOR THE ENTIRE VISIT IF THAT WAS OUR
WISH.
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