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RECEIVER REGISTRY 19 FEB 1985
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TELNO 205 OF 18/2/85
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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HONG KONG TELEGRAMS NOS 359 AND 360 AND YOUR TELMO 110:
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
1. OWING TO A COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE (WE WERE NOT BELLED) I DID NOT SEE THESE THREE TELEGRAMS BEFORE MEETING ZHOU NAN.
2. I SPENT FORTY MINUTES WITH ZHOU IN A BUS ON THE RETURN
JOURNEY FROM THE VILLAGE. MOST OF OUR CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA, ON WHICH I SHALL BE SENDING A SEPARATE
TELEGRAM TODAY.
3. ON HONG KONG, 1 TOLD ZHOU THAT I EXPECTED TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO HOM ABOUT THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP BEFORE TOO LONG.
1. DID NOT EITHER FORECAST A LIKELY TIME OR MENTION ANY ASPECT OF THE SUBJECT. HE CONTENTED HIMSELF WITH SAYING THAT HE LOOKED FORWARD TO HEARING OUR VIEWS IN
JURSE, PRESUMABLY SOON AFTER THE SPRING FESTIVAL. IN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION, HE SAID THAT KE ZAISHUO HAD NOT RETIRED AT THE END OF 1984. HE WOULD REMAIN AN AMBASSADOR FOR SOME TIME LONGER, THOUGH NOT OF COURSE UNTIL 1997. THIS IS, I THINK CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT THE CHINESE ARE INDEED THINKING OF APPOINTING KE AS THE HEAD OF THEIR TEAM.
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