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MDHOAN 9336
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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1913
OF 16134OZ OCTOBER 90
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
NK B026
QDIST?
TOP COPY
AG OCT 1990
INFO ROUTINE UKREPJLG HONG KONG BTC HONG KONG
(37)
Ku25/10
PEKING TELNO 1399 AND YOUR TELNO 3014: POSSIBLE VISIT TO HONG
KONG BY TIAN ZENGPEI
1.
33
WE AGREE THAT WE SHOULD RESPOND POSITIVELY TO THIS APPROACH
AS PART OF YOUR STRATEGY TO GET MORE SENIOR CHINESE LEADERS TO
VISIT HONG KONG.
2. GRATEFUL IF PEKING WOULD PROPOSE TO THE MFA THE TWO SETS OF
DATES IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUR TUR. WE AGREE THAT WE SHOULD ALSO
PRESS FOR TIAN TO BRING SOME GOOD NEWS DURING HIS VISIT ALTHOUGH LIKE SIR D WILSON WE ARE NOT TOO SANGUINE ABOUT THE PROSPECTS. BUT WE SHOULD MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE CHINESE THAT, IN PARALLEL WITH INCREASING SENIOR VISITS WE MUST SHOW THAT WE CAN PRODUCE
RESULTS FROM OUR PRACTICAL COOPERATION OVER HONG KONG.
HURD
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MAIN
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HKD
FED
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DISTRIBUTION
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