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Action Taken
OF 240945Z NOVEMBER 86
INFO ROUTINE PEKING
FOR LAYDEN, HKD, FROM GOVERNOR
SENIOR CHINESE VISITORS TO HONG KONG
1. I CONSULTED EXCO ON 24 NOVEMBER ABOUT ENCOURAGING FUTURE
VISITS TO HONG KONG BY SENIOR CHINESE VISITORS. THE NAMES PUT TO
THEM WERE:
A) ZHOU NAN (IN EARLY 1987 - YOUR TELNO 2531)
B) WU XUEQIAN (A STOPOVER AS PART OF A WIDER TOUR)
C) TIAN JIYUN
D) LI PENG (BUT NOT WHILE THE DAYA BAY ISSUE WAS STILL FRESH)
E) CHEN MUHUA
F) ZHENG TUOBIN
G) WU WENYING (MINISTER OF TEXTILE TRADE, WHO NEARLY VISITED
US IN EARLY 1985).
2. EXCO WERE BROADLY CONTENT WITH THESE IDEAS BUT WANTED TO EXAMINE MORE CLOSELY THE QUESTION OF THE TIMING OF A VISIT BY ZHOU NAN. WE SHALL THEREFORE PREPARE A FURTHER PAPER, LOOKING AT
THE PROS AND CONS OF A VISIT BEFORE OR AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE
GREEN PAPER.
3.
IN THIS CONNEXION IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHEN YOU THINK
THE SECRETARY OF STATE MIGHT NEXT BE SEEING ZHOU. I NOTE THAT HE
WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE ANOTHER INTERVIEW WITH HIM WITHOUT
INVITING HIM HERE. ALSO, SINCE I AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF ZHOU CAME HERE AS PART OF A WIDER OVERSEAS TRIP, IT WOULD BE
USEFUL TO KNOW IF PEKING ARE AWARE OF ANY FORTHCOMING TRAVEL
PROSPECTS.
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