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GRS 120
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1350
OF 03073OZ APRIL 87
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
FOR SIR D WILSON FROM ACTING GOVERNOR
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1. NCNA HAVE SHOWN A VERY KEEN INTEREST IN THE RECEPTION ARRANGE-
EMTS FOR YOUR ARRIVAL AND THE PART TO BE PLAYED BY XU JIATUN. WE
HAD PLANNED FOR HIM TO BE PRESENTED AT THE RECEPTION IN CITY HALL
WITH THE DOYEN. THERE WAS A VERY CLEAR INDICATION THAT IN THE LIGHT
OF THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP NOW EXISTING THIS WOULD NOT BE ADEQUATE.
NCNA SAID THAT XU WOULD WANT TO BE INVOLVED AND PRESENT TO GREET AT
QUEEN'S PIER, AND CONVEYED TO THE POLITICAL ADVISER THAT IF THIS
WERE NOT TO BE SO HE MIGHT NOT TURN UP AT ALL.
2. THIS WOULD SOUR RELATIONSHIPS FROM THE START AND AFTER CONSULTING
THE SENIOR UNOFFICIALS AND MY SENIOR ADVISERS I HAVE THEREFORE
ARRANGED FOR THE DOYEN AND XU TO BE PRESENT AT THE PIER AFTER THE
SENIOR MEMBERS.
3. THE NEED FOR THIS DECISION WAS REINFORCED AT A FRIENDLY DINNER
WITH XU LAST NIGHT, AT WHICH HE SAID HE WAS NOT GOING TO PEKING
FOR THE MACAU SIGNING IN ORDER TO BE PRESENT WHEN YOU ARRIVE.
AKERS-JONES
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