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209 YOUR TELNO 1035: SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH WU XUEQHAN •
PRESS COVERAGE.
THERE HAVE BEEN WIRTUALLY NO PRESS REPORTS APART FROM THAT ON
THE SCM POST FROM LONDON (OUR TELNO 001).
2. WE MAGINE THAT THE MEETING HAS NOT CAUGHT LOCAL ATTENTION BECAUSE FIRST, HIT WAS CAREFULLY PRESENTED: SECONDLY THE LOCAL PRESS WAS AT THE TIME TOTALLY PRE-OCCUPIED WITH THE DEFECTMON OF THE CAL PLANE TO CHINA AND THE SUBSEQUENT NEGOTIATIONS MIN HONG KONG: THIRDLY, INFORMATION ON THIS MEETING HAS BEEN TIGHTLY HELD HIN HK, AND THE CHINESE HAVE ALSO BEEN CAREFUL NOT TO DISCLOSE ANYTHING ABOUT
MIT.
3. YOU MAY HOWEVER BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT LM CHUWEN OF NCNA TOLD BOYD AT A SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT ON 1 JUNE THAT THE MEETING HAD
BEEN A USEFUL ONE.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED
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HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
DEP/HD PUSD
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MR WILSON
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