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MY TELNO 175: POSSIBLE VISIT TO HONG KONG BY STATE COUNCILLOR GU MU
1. AMBASSADOR KE RESPONDED IN THE MARGINS OF JLG ON 13 NOVEMBER TO THE ORAL INVITATION FOR GU MU TRANSMITTED BY MACLAREN THE PREVIOUS
DAY.
HE SAID GU MU HAD ALREADY BEEN PLANNING TO SPEND A COUPLE OF DAYS IN HONG KONG ON THE WAY BACK FROM HIS VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND (ENDING 30 NOVEMBER), BUT HAD SEEN THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY MAINLY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ''OLD FRIENDS'' HE WOULD, THEREFORE, PREFER NOT TO HAVE ANY FORMAL PROGRAMME ARRANGED, BUT WOULD BE GLAD TO CONSIDER ANY SUGGESTIONS THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT MIGHT HAVE FOR SOLID CONTACTS AND/OR INFORMAL VISITS. THE CHINESE SIDE SUGGESTED THAT THE DETAILS MIGHT BE SORTED OUT BETWEEN THE POLITICAL ADVISER'S
OFFICE AND NCNA. WE AGREED TO REPORT.
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2. WE ASSUME YOU WILL NOT TAKE THIS FORWARD LOCALLY. INFORMAL CONTACTS OF THE KIND ENVISAGED BY THE CHINESE SHOULD STILL BE USEFUL AND WOULD INTER ALIA PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUGGEST, IF YOU WISH, A MORE FORMAL AND SUBSTANTIAL VISIT BY GU MU (OR HIS SUCCESSOR ?) IN
DUE COURSE.
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MY TELNO 192 TO PEKING : GU MU
1. AT A DINNER LAST NIGHT WITH XU JIATUN, XU MENTIONED THAT GU MU WAS GOING TO AUSTRALIA AND THAT HE HOPED TO STOP OFF IN HONG KONG
FOR TWO DAYS ON THE WAY BACK. I SAID THAT, BY COINCIDENCE, I HAD JUST HEARD OF THE AUSTRALIA PLANS AND HAD SENT A MESSAGE TO PEKING ASKING IF GU WOULD LIKE TO VISIT ON THE WAY BACK AND OFFERING TO LAY ON ANYTHING HE WISHED TO SEE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT LOOKED AS THOUGH I MYSELF WOULD NOT BE IN HONG KONG AT THAT TIME.
2. XU SAID THAT GU ONLY WISHED TO SEE A FEW OLD FRIENDS. HE WAS VERY WORRIED ABOUT ENCOUNTERS WITH THE HONG KONG PRESS AND DID NOT WISH HIS VISIT TO BE PUBLIC. AFTER HONG KONG GU WOULD BE GOING STRAIGHT TO HAINAN IN CONNECTION WITH PLANS TO DEVELOP THAT AREA AS AN ADVANCED TYPE OF SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE. IN ANSWER TO MY QUESTIONS, XU SAID THAT GU WAS STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR SEZS. HE WOULD NOT HOWEVER
BE VISITING SHENZHEN ON THIS TRIP.
3. IT WILL NOW BE BEST TO SEE HOW GU REACTS TO THE INVITATION SENT THROUGH THE EMBASSY. KEEPING A VISIT HERE PRIVATE MAY PROVE DIFFICULT
BUT THAT MUST BE FOR NCNA TO HANDLE. I WOULD HOPE THAT, EVEN IF GU WISHES HIS VISIT TO BE PRIVATE AND NOT TO VISIT ANY GOVERNMENTAL OR OTHER INSTITUTIONS, HE WOULD PAY A CALL ON MYSELF OR THE ACTING GOVERNOR IF I AM AWAY.
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