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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 803
OF 011555Z MAY 86
HKK 02612
TRY
- 6 MAY 1986
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TRY
Actor. Tako
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VISIT BY HU YAOBANG:
1.
INTERPRETER
GIVEN OUR LACK OF A TOP LEVEL IN-HOUSE INTERPRETER AND
HU YAOBANG'S NON-STANDARD DIALECT, WE HAD BEEN WONDERING WHETHER
TO TRY TO RELY THIS TIME ON THE CHINESE SIDE FOR INTERPRETATION
AT FORMAL OCCASIONS. HOWEVER, THE CHINESE EMBASSY HAVE NOW
INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD GREATLY PREFER THERE TO BE A BRITISH
INTERPRETER.
2.
WE ARE THEREFORE BACK TO SQUARE ONE. WE STILL HAVE NO-ONE
HERE TRAINED TO THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM WHICH WILL BE
REQUIRED, AND WHICH THE CHINESE SIDE WILL NO DOUBT DISPLAY. CAN
YOU HELP? IF YOU HAVE AN INTERPRETER OF SUFFICIENT STANDARD WHO
COULD BE AVAILABLE (PERHAPS MRS KING AGAIN?), WE WOULD OF COURSE
BE HAPPY TO COVER TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATION AND SUBSISTENCE COSTS,
ON THE SAME LINES AS FOR Y P CHENG LAST YEAR.
HOWE LIMITED
FED
HKD
PROTOCOL.D MR WILSON
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