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GRS 339
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELNO 377
OF 301800Z APRIL 86
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
HKK 026/2.
RECEIVE
STRY
- 6 MAY 1986
MOL
26
KURY
uton Lake
YOUR TELNO 661: VISIT BY HU YAOBANG
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1. LORD STOCKTON WILL HOST A DINNER AND CULTURAL EVENING AT
BALLIOL. WE HAVE TOLD THE CHINESE EMBASSY, WHO WERE PLEASED.
WE MAY BE ABLE TO ARRANGE AN AFTER-DINNER SPEECH BY LORD STOCKTON
AND TV COVERAGE.
2. WE ARE ARRANGING A SEPARATE PROGRAMME FOR LI PENG FOR ABOUT
4 HOURS ON 9 JUNE. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE A MEETING WITH
MR CHANNON, A LUNCH HOSTED BY MR PETER WALKER AND A MEETING WITH
SENIOR INDUSTRIALISTS. WE AWAIT A RESPONSE FROM THE EMBASSY.
UNFORTUNATELY, SIR KEITH JOSEPH IS NOT AVAILABLE ON 9 JUNE:
WE ARE TRYING TO FIT IN A MEETING WITH LI ON 11 JUNE.
3. FEI XIAOTONG WISHES TO GIVE A LECTURE AT LSE. WE ARE
TRYING TO ARRANGE.
4.
PLEASE SEND SHEET MUSIC (PLUS RECORD/CASSETTE IF POSSIBLE)
OF SOME CHINESE MILITARY OR FOLK MUSIC WHICH THE SCOTS GUARDS
MIGHT PLAY IN THE FCO COURTYARD.
5. WE HAVE ASKED THE EMBASSY FOR THE FOLLOWING PERSONAL
DETAILS OF HU (AND OTHER LEADERS WHERE APPROPRIATE):
ANY HISTORICAL AND COMTEMPORARY BRITISH PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS
IN WHICH HE IS INTERESTED/ADMIRES (SOME MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH
PLACES HE VISITS).
B.
C.
D.
FAVOURITE CHINESE WRITERS/POEMS.
MUSICAL TASTES
PERSONAL AND NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN RECENT YEARS IN CHINA
IN WHICH HE TAKES MOST SATISFACTION.
E. SPECIAL INTERESTS AND HOBBIES, INCLUDING FAMILY MEMBERS
(SOME SMALL, UNOSTENTATIOUS GIFTS, POSSIBLY FROM OTHER ORGANISAT-
IONS AND PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE VISIT, COULD RELATE TO THEM).
GRATEFUL FOR ANYTHING YOU CAN ELICIT IN PARALLEL FROM MFA OR
OTHER CONTACTS.
6. GRATEFUL (FOR BACKGROUND BRIEFING) FOR TEXTS IN ENGLISH OF
ANY SIGNIFICANT RECENT ESSAYS BY MARXIST SCHOLARS SUCH AS
DENG WEIZHI (FROM SHANGHAI XINHUA STORY 75 OF 14 MARCH).
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PROTOCOL DEPT
NEWS DEPT
INAL
PLANNING STAFF
MR WILSON
SIR W HARDING
COPIES TO:
SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST MR WATT, GHF
MR CRUICKSHANK, OT2, DTI (VIKTORIA SÀ MR P MACLEAN, EAD/ODA
CONAJEMTIAL