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PA Chinese Visits
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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1514
OF 09053OZ MAY 90
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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RECEIVE
29 MAY 19
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OUR TELNO 855 AND YOUR TELNO 834: CHINESE VISIT TO HONG KONG
1. DUE TO A MISUNDERSTANDING ON OUR PART, CHINESE RESPONSE TO OUR APPROACH ON RESTARTING THE PROGRAMME OF SPONSORED VISITS WAS OMITTED FROM THE TELEGRAMS REPORTING ON JLG XV.
2. SUEN PASSED ONTO ZHENG WEIRONG IN THE MARGINS OF JLG XV THE MESSAGE THAT WE SAW VALUE IN A CONTINUATION OF THE SPONSORED VISIT PROGRAMME AND THAT WE WOULD BE PLEASED TO RECEIVE A FURTHER PARTY FROM THE CHINESE SIDE AS SOON AS THIS COULD BE ARRANGED. ZHENG RESPONDED ENTHUSIASTICALLY TO THIS OVERTURE AND NOTED THAT RONG KANG, HEAD OF THE SECOND DEPARTMENT OF THE HKMAO OF THE STATE COUNCIL WAS DUE TO VISIT HONG KONG NEXT UNDER THE ORIGINAL PROGRAMME. HE PROMISED TO PASS ON THE MESSAGE AND ARRANGE TO LET US HAVE AN OFFICIAL RESPONSE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
3. IF NOTHING IS HEARD FROM THE CHINESE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS PEKING COULD REPEAT THE INVITATION AT A REGULAR MEETING WITH THE MFA.
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