OCMIAN 9162
CONFIDENTIAL
DD 151500Z PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO PEKIN
151115Z OCT
GRS 502
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HKK
01111
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
3 1 OCT 1986
DESK OFFICER
BLUNTRY
INDEX
PA
Action Taken
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FM FCO
TO DESKBY 151500Z PEKING
TELNO 1276
OF 151115Z OCTOBER 86
AND TO DESKBY 15150OZ HMY BRITANNIA
INFO DESKBY 160030Z HONG KONG
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HMY BRITANNIA FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY/FOREIGN SECRETARY
FOLLOWING FOR WILSON
YOUR TELNOS 207-8 TO HONG KONG: POSSIBLE STATEMENT BY SECRETARY
OF STATE IN HONG KONG: 1987 REVIEW
1.
WE HAVE NOT YET SEEN ANY COMMENTS FROM THE GOVERNOR.
FOUR POINTS OCCUR TO US:
(A)
THE STATEMENT MIGHT REFER IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL TO THE
SUBSTANCE OF CONVERSATIONS ON NON-HONG KONG ISSUES. WE
SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING EXPANSION OF THE PASSAGE AT THE
BEGINNING OF PARA 2:
QUOTE WHILE I WAS IN CHINA, I ALSO MET STATE COUNCILLOR
JI PENGFEI AND FOREIGN MINISTER WU XUEQIAN AND HAD A GOOD
CONVERSATION WITH PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG. WE DISCUSSED
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS, PARTICULARLY EAST-WEST
RELATIONS AFTER THE REYKJAVIK MEETING AND POLICIES IN
ASIA.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT OUR BILATERAL RELATIONS.
NATURALLY THESE INCLUDED HONG KONG. WE REVIEWED PROGRESS
....
UNQUOTE.
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