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HMLNAN 7042 CONFIDENTIAL
00 FCOLN
DO PEKIN
FM HOKON TO FCOLN
0410252 JUN
GRS 250
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
OF 041025Z JUNE 86
TELNO 1724
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
IMMEDIATE
ADVANCE COPY
GISTRY
RECT
- 6 JUN 1986
FOR HUM, HKD, FROM GOVERNOR.
350.
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AJB 16
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YOUR TELNO 1000 AND PEKING TELNO 92í • MY WISHT TO LONDON AND PEKING #N SEPTEMBER.
1. #FORMED EXCO YESTERDAY OF THE PROPOSAL THAT 4: AND THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS SHOULD VISIT LONDON IN SEPTEMBER AND OF THE SUGGESTION THAT : MIGHT ALSO VISIT PEKING EN ROUTE FOR TALKS WITH THE CHINESE. THEY WELCOMED THE NDEA OF A VISIT TO LONDON AND WERE GRATEFUL TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AGREEING TO SEE THEM.
2. THEY WERE HOWEVER CONCERNED THAT HE ➜ VISITED PEKING EN ROUTE TO LONDON, THIS MIGHT LEAD TO SPECULATION THAT SOME MAJOR NEW MOVE WAS UNDER DISCUSSION WITH THE CHINSES, AND BETWEEN EXCO AND MINISTERS. THEY SUGGESTED THAT THE TWO VISITS SHOULD BE SEPARATED.
3. AGREE THAT THIS ARRANGEMENT WOULD BE PREFERABLE. # RETURN FROM LEAVE ON AUGUST 23. #T WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR ME TO FLY TO PEKING ON FRIDAY, 29 AUGUST, SPEND THE WEEKEND AT CHENGTEH (WITH THE AMBASSADOR #F HE #S FREE) AND BE AVAALBE FOR MEETINGS IM PEKING ON 1 SEPTEMBER AND MOST OF 2 SEPTEMBER BEFORE RETURING TO HONG KONG ON THE LATE AFTERNOON CPA FLIGHT. # WOULD ARRHVE 'N LONDON WITH THE UNOFFICIALS ON 9 SEPTEMBER, AIMING TO LEAVE ON THE EVENING OF 12 OR 13 SEPTEMBER,
4. AGREE WITH THE AMBASSADOR THAT THE VISIT TO PEKING SHOULD BE PRESENTED PRIMARILY AS A VISIT TO SEE HIM AND THAT + WOULD NEED TO CALL ON ZHOU NAN. HINDEED 2HOU NAN HS ONCE AGAIN MOVING TO CENTRE STAGE. HE PLAYED THE LEAD ROLE IN THE MEETING OF THE BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE SPECIAL GROUP IN SHENZHEN LAST WEEKEND. (MY TELNOS 1678 AND 1682).
5. # WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW OF THESE REVISED PROPOSALS WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU AND PEKMWG.
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