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HONG KONG EXCHANGES WITH THE CHINESE
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PS/Mr Renton
Dr Gillmore
Mr Masefield, FED
Governor
1. Before his meeting with the
at 1130 am tomorrow, the
Secretary of State may wish to be aware of Hong Kong's current
thoughts on inviting Vice Minister Zhou Nan to visit Hong Kong in
1987. It is possible that the Governor may raise this issue when he
calls on the Secretary of State.
Background
2.
of developing our
Hum considered the
and senior officials
In his minute of 5 November, in the context
dialogue with the Chinese on convergence, Mr
question of Our encouraging Chinese Ministers
to visit Hong Kong.
He also examined the specific question of
invited to Hong Kong.
whether Vice Minister Zhou Nan should be
we should aim for
however concluded
Zhou should be invited
Mr Hum recommended that
The Secretary of State
until 1988 and that
preferably as part of
a possible visit in 1988.
that we should not wait
soon to visit Hong Kong,
a longer overseas trip.
3. The Governor was informed of the Secretary of State's views and
has since consulted
possible list of Chinese visitors
Ex Co on a
(including Zhou) whose visits might be encouraged.
broadly content with their list, but
the advantages and disadvantages of a
publication of the Green Paper
(scheduled for May 1987).
ExCo were
asked for a further paper on
visit by Zhou before and after
on Representative
Government
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