CRS 200
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY FCO
CONFIDENT
Onli
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
06 NO 1986
DESK OFFICER
TELNO 2094
OF 050133Z NOVEMBER 36
INDEX
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
ASISTHY
PA
Action Taken
PERSONAL FOR HUM HKD AND PERSONAL FOR COVERNOR
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YOUR TELNO 1316: INFORMAL EXCHANGES WITH THE CHINESE.
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I SPOKE TO ME! ZHAORONG, DIRECTOR OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN DIVISION IN THE MFA, ABOUT THE KYODO REPORT AT A DINNER ON 1 NOVEMBER.
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MEI SAID THAT THE REPORT WAS GARBLED. IT WAS LIKELY THAT BOTH ZHAO AND WU WOULD VISIT EASTERN EUROPE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 1987, BUT THEY WOULD TRAVEL SEPARATELY AND GO TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. ZHAO WOULD PROBABLY VISIT THE GDR AND HUNGARY, WHICH WU HAD VISITED THIS YEAR AND WOULD THEREFORE NOT NEED TO VISIT AGAIN.
3. MEI ALSO SAID THT WU WOULD HAVE A VERY FULL PROGRAMME DURING THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR. BESIDES VISITING SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE, IT WAS LIKELY THAT HE WOULD ALSO VISIT AFRICA (AFRICAN MISSIONS IN PEKING WERE BECOMING RESTLESS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF ATTENTION PAID BY CHINESE LEADERS TO THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE DEVELOPING ONES). WU WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO VISITING THE UK AS SOON AS HE COULD. BUT HE WOULD FIND IT DIFFICULT TO VISIT THE UK ALONG AMONG WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTIRES. MEI DID NOT MENTION A TIME.
4. MEI PROMISTED TO SPEAK TO ME AGAIN WHEN WU'S PROJECTED PROGRAMME WAS CLEARER.
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EVANS
YYYY
PEHPAN 1159
LIMITED
HKD
FED
MR GILLMORE
DR WILSON