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HKK 027TS
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
16 OCT 1986
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C429
FROM: C O HUM, HKD
DATE: 22 September 1986
see 192
Dr Wilson
Mr Hervey
1
cc PS/Mr Renton
agree
Mr Masefield, FED
Mr Jasper, Protocol Dept.
ther for Renlow should
Visor take. in the foor hell of 87.
I. We Connor predeck when lit the
MINISTERIAL VISITS OVERSEAS
1.
•
Sots
might
до
go to Chic
181
In response to Mr Jasper's
Jasper's minute of 16 September
attach a form proposing a visit by Mr Renton to Hong Kong in early 1987. It reflects discussions with PS/Mr Renton.
2. There may also be a case (depending on developments in
the intervening months) for Mr Renton to go on to China to
discuss Hong Kong questions. This would need to be
considered further nearer the time.
3. I have however already noted in a separate submission the likely particular need for contacts with the Chinese at
Foreign Minister level, in the course of 1987, to
discuss Hong Kong constitutional questions.
State
endorsed that
view.
The
These
Secretary of
questions could well be at a particularly sensitive stage, particularly in the second half of the year. The resolution of problems with the Chinese may require a visit.
to China by the Secretary of state, possibly at short
notice.
But it is not feasible to predict with any
certainty at this
or when the need might
stage
whether
arise.
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