OCMIAN 9236
CONFIDENTIAL
PP PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
210930Z JAN
GRS 274
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 129
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OF 210930Z JANUARY 86
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
HKK 027/5
YOUR TELNO 115 AND PEKING TELNO 85:
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: VISITS
BY SENIOR CHINESE FIGURES TO HONG KONG
1.
WE AGREE THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO ARRANGE FURTHER VISITS BY
SENIOR CHINESE FIGURES TO HONG KONG.
2.
WE FIND THE AMBASSADOR'S ARGUMENTS AGAINST AN INVITATION
TO CHEN MUHUA PERSUASIVE, AND FAVOUR THE IDEA OF INSTEAD ASKING WU XUEQIAN TO VISIT HONG KONG, IF NECESSARY EN ROUTE TO ANOTHER DESTINATION. IF YOU AGREE, GRATEFUL FOR THE AMBASSADOR'S ADVICE
ON HOW SUCH AN INVITATION SHOULD BE PUT.
3.
WE ALSO AGREE THAT IN DUE COURSE THOSE LEADERS REFERRED
TO IN PARA 4 OF PEKING TUR COULD USEFULLY BE INVITED TO HONG
KONG. WE THINK HOWEVER THAT WE SHOULD NOT FLOOD THE CHINESE WITH
A SERIES OF INVITATIONS AT ONCE. IT WOULD BE BEST PERHAPS TO
START WITH ONE TO WU.
4.
WE ARE A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT RULING OUT AN INVITATION
TO ZHOU NAN. WHATEVER HIS PERSONALITY, HE IS A KEY PLAYER IN THE
FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT HE IS AS WELL
INFORMED AS POSSIBLE. AS YOU SAID ABOUT JI, HONG KONG HAS QUITE
AN EFFECT ON VISITORS AND EVEN ZHOU MAY NOT BE IMMUNE.
FURTHERMORE AS WE RECALL THAT WE HAVE ALREADY FLOATED
THE IDEA OF A VISIT TO HONG KONG WITH HIM IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE
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