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14 APR 1337
OFFICER
FROM HKD
MEETING BETWEEN SECRETARY OF STATE AND WU IN BANGKOK ON 21 APRIL:
ANNOUNCEMENT
1.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE PLANS TO GIVE INTERVIEWS TO
REUTERS, THE BBC AND OTHER MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ON 14 AND 15
APRIL TO BRIEF THEM ON THE BACKGROUND TO HIS VISIT TO THAILAND
AND AUSTRALASIA BETWEEN 20 AND 27 APRIL. WE ARE INCLINED TO THINK ON BALANCE THAT THERE WOULD BE ADVANTAGE IN HIS MENTIONING
HIS FORTHCOMING MEETING WITH WU IN A LOW-KEY WAY. (WE ARE
UNLIKELY TO BE ABLE TO CONCEAL THE MEETING ALTOGETHER, AS THERE
WILL BE CONSIDERABLE MEDIA PRESENCE IN BANGKOK. AND REACTIONS IN
HONG KONG TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BERNE MEETING SEEM TO HAVE
BEEN FAIRLY MEASURED.)
2.
WE HAVE IN MIND THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD SAY
MERELY THAT DURING HIS VISIT TO BANGKOK HE WILL BE TAKING THE
OPPORTUNITY ONCE AGAIN TO MEET WU, WHO WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING
ESCAP: THAT THIS WILL BE PART OF REGULAR CONTACTS AT MINISTERIAL
AND OTHER LEVELS BETWEEN THE UK AND CHINA, AND THAT INTERNATIONAL AND BILATERAL MATTERS OF COMMON INTEREST, INCLUDING HONG KONG,
WILL BE DISCUSSED.
3.
IF HONG KONG AGREE, GRATEFUL IF PEKING WOULD PUT THIS
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