GRS 140
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 274
CONFIDENTIAL
OF 26041OZ FEBRUARY 86
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG
AKK 027/4 RECEIVED IN la
26 FEB 1986
AZBOG
FOR HONG KONG DEPARTMENT
HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR
YOUR TELNO 135 AND MY TELNO 247: WU XUEQIAN
30
1. WE HAVE LEARNED FROM EC COLLEAGUES THAT, AFTER HIS VISIT TO JAPAN IN APRIL, WU WILL BE TRAVELLING TO FINLAND, DENMARK, SWEDEN,: BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG AND IRELAND IN THAT SEQUENCE) IN MAY. HE HAS ALSO AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO A VISIT TO WEST GERMANY IN THE AUTUMN, ALTHOUGH NO DATES HAVE BEEN SET.
2. THE TOUR OF NORTHERN EUROPE PERHAPS OFFERS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR A STOP-OVER IN LONDON ON WU'S RETURN JOURNEY TO PEKING. THE DATES OF THE VISIT TO IRELAND ARE 26-29 MAY. FROM DUBLIN WU WILL PRESUMABLY RETURN HERE, EITHER VIA PARIS OR VIA LONDON.
3. THIS IS THE SUBSTANTIVE ANSWER TO YOUR TUR. 1. SHALL NOT
TELEGRAPH AGAIN UNLESS HEAR ABOUT ANY CHANGES TO WU'S TRAVEL PLANS
FOR MAY.
EVANS
LIMITED
HKD
FED
PS
PS/MR. RENTON
PS/PUS
MR. WILSON
SIR. W. HARDING
CONFIDENTIAL