CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 30110OZ FCO
TELNO 1400
CONFIDENTIAL
045346
MDHIAN 8556
MNB 026/21
RECEIVED IN
3 MAY 1990
DES
TRY
OF 301015Z APRIL 90
INDER
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 855: CHINESE VISITS TO HONG KONG
1. I HAVE WRITTEN TO ZHU RONGJI, WELCOMING HIS PLANNED VISIT TO HONG KONG IN JUNE, AND INVITING HIM TO DINNER. THE LETTER WAS HANDED TO NCNA ON 24 APRIL.
2. DPA SPOKE TO NCNA ON 12 APRIL, SAYING THAT THE HONG KONG SHIPOWNERS' ASSOCIATION WISHED TO ASK THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS TO COME TO HONG KONG. BUT THEIR INFORMAL PROBING'S HAD SUGGESTED THAT IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR THE MINISTER IF THE INVITATIONS WERE TO BE ISSUED BY HKG. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A DATE IN SEPTEMBER. HKG WOULD BE HAPPY TO INVITE THE MINISTER OR TO ORGANISE A PROGRAMME FOR HIM. BRADLEY ASKED FOR ADVICE ON WHETHER HKSA, OR HKG SHOULD INVITE THE MINISTER. NCNA HAVE NOT YET REPLIED.
3. ON 24 APRIL, DPA SUGGESTED TO NCNA THAT TIAN JIYUN, ZHOU JIAHUA AND ZHENG TUOBIN WOULD ALL BE PARTICULARLY WELCOME TO VISIT HONG KONG IN ORDER TO SEE SOMETHING OF OUR ECONOMY AND PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT. BRADLEY ASKED THAT A MESSAGE BE RELAYED TO PEKING THAT IF ANY OF THEM WERE TO PASS THROUGH HONG KONG ON AN OVERSEAS TRIP, OR WOULD FIND A VISIT TO HONG KONG USEFUL, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ORGANISE A PROGRAMME FOR THEM. NCNA UNDERTOOK TO PASS ON THE OFFER.
4. ON SPONSORED VISITS, WE AWAIT NEWS FROM PEKING ON THE RESPONSE TO THE APPROACH TO THE CHINESE IN THE MARGINS OF THE JLG AUTHORISED
IN YOUR TELNO 834.
WILSON
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