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THE CHINESE WILL HAVE HAD ONLY TWO WEEKS OF SO TO PEAD
THE PAPERS, BUT AN INITIAL RESPONSE MAY BE FORTHCOMING:
A POSSIBLE TRANSIT STOP BY WILSON IN PEKING IN EAPLY
SEPTEMBER, EN POUTE TO OF FROM TOKYO. SUCH A VISIT WOULD
BE PELATIVELY UNOBTRUSIVE. IT WOULD PERMIT A DETAILED
SESSION WITH LU PING, AND ALSO THE INVOLVEMENT OF HM
AMBASSADOR AND ZHOU NAN. IF IT WAS FELT DESIRABLE TO
HAVE HONG KONG PEPRESENTATION AT THIS MEETING BOYD OF
ANOTHER HONG KONG OFFICIAL COULD PERHAPS TRAVEL UP TO
PEKING, BUT THIS WOULD BE LIKELY TO PAISE THE PROFILE OF
THE ENCOUNTER. ALTERNATIVELY IT MIGHT BE BORNE IN MIND
THAT WIGGHAM, SECRETARY (GENERAL DUTIES) DESIGNATE, WILL
AT THE TIME BE WORKING IN PEKING.
A FURTHER DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND
WU XUEQIAN IF THEY OVERLAP AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN
NEW YORK IN LATE SEPTEMBER.
DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND WU XUEQIAN
DURING THE QUEEN'S STATE VISIT TO CHINA IN OCTOBER.
POSSIBLE DISCUSSION IN HONG KONG IF VISITS BY KEY PEKING
OFFICIALS OCCUR OF CAN BE CONTRIVED. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
LU PING COULD PAY ANOTHER EXTENDED VISIT TO THE TERRITORY
BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE TIMING OF THESE CONTACTS WILL NEED TO TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT THE PROGRAMME OF WORK SET OUT FOR THE BASIC LAW DRAFTING
COMMITTEE AND ITS PELEVANT SUB-GROUPS, AS WELL AS THE TIMETABLE
FOR ACTION BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE
1987 REVIEW. THESE CONSIDERATIONS MIGHT POINT TO A FURTHER
DETAILED EXCHANGE AT THE WILSON/LU PING OF BOYD/LU PING LEVEL IN
THE COURSE OF THE AUTUMN. WE MIGHT FOR INSTANCE BE ABLE TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE PEKING JLG MEETING LIKELY TO BE IN NOVEMBER.
BUT ALL WILL DEPEND OF COURSE ON THE PROGRESS MADE IN EARLIER
DISCUSSIONS.
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