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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1246
OF 250946Z APRIL 86
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
TOP COPY
CONFIDENTIAL
YOUR TELNO 738: VISIT TO EUROPE OF XU JIATUN
JI SHAOXIANG OF NCNA CONFIRMED THIS AFTERNOON THAT XU HAS
POSTPONED HIS VISIT TO EUROPE. ASKED TO SAY WHEN THIS MIGHT BE
REMOUNTED, JI RESPONDED THAT IT WAS AT THE MOMENT VERY HARD TO SAY.
ASKED WHETHER ADDITIONAL EFFORTS TO MOUNT A VISIT TO UK AS SUCH
(WHICH WE HAD BEEN ANXIOUS TO PROMOTE, HENCE OUR ACTIVISM OVER
VISAS, ETC.) WOULD HELP, JI SAID THEY WOULD NOT. PRESSED FURTHER
ON TIMING JI EXPRESSED THE PERSONAL FEELING THAT IT WOULD BE
DIFFICULT FOR XU TO MOUNT ANY VISIT TO EUROPE THIS YEAR.
2. IT LOOKS AS IF WE MUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
YOUDE
LIMITED
HKD
FED
MVD
NEWS.D.
INFO.D.
MR. WILSON
CONFIDENTIAL
HRRO07/16
2 9 APR 1986
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