OCMIAN 0614
CONFIDENTIAL
OO PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
021445Z JUN
GRS 154
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1033
OF 021445Z JUNE 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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OUR TELNO 1016, PEKING TELNO 933 AND YOUR TELNO 1677: SECRETARY
OF STATE'S MEETING WITH WU XUEQIAN: PQ
1.
HONG KONG WILL INEVITABLY FEATURE IN DISCUSSIONS THAT
TAKE PLACE DURING HU YAOBANG'S VISIT. IT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY
COME UP, AT LEAST BRIEFLY, AT HU'S MEETING WITH THE PRIME
MINISTER, AT WHICH THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL BE PRESENT. (AS
YOU
NOTE, IT WILL CERTAINLY COME UP IN THE SEPARATE MEETING
BETWEEN MR RENTON AND ZHOU NAN.) WE FEEL IT WOULD THEREFORE BE
DISINGENUOUS TO MAKE NO MENTION OF HU'S VISIT IN ANSWERING THIS
PQ.
2.
BUT IN ORDER TO AVOID GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT HONG
KONG WILL FEATURE PROMINENTLY WE HAVE REDRAFTED THE PENULTIMATE
SENTENCE TO READ: 'HONG KONG HAS ALSO BEEN AMONG THE MATTERS
DISCUSSED DURING THE CURRENT VISIT TO BRITAIN OF GENERAL
SECRETARY HU YAOBANG.'
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
DEP/HD PUSD
PS/MR RENTON MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
HKK00062
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY - 9 JUN 1986
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