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MDLIAN 9829
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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 93
OF 110230Z JANUARY 91
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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PADS: COMMENTS BY CHEN ZUO'ER.
1. YESTERDAY'S (10 JANUARY) HK PRESS REPORTED WIDELY COMMENTS BY CHEN ZUO'ER CONCERNING LU PING AND SIR PIERS JACOBS.
2. CHEN WAS QUOTED AS SAYING IT WOULD BE UNREASONABLE TO PUT LU
PING ON THE SAME RANK AS SIR PIERS. BUT AFTER NOTING REPORTS IN THE HK PRESS TO THE EFFECT THAT SIR PIERS WOULD HEAD THE BRITISH TEAM, CHEN DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY HAMISH MACLEOD WAS NOW THE TEAM LEADER.
3. CHEN SAID IT WAS REGRETTABLE THAT SIR PIERS WAS NOT THE TEAM LEADER THIS TIME. HAD HE GONE TO PEKING, LU PING WOULD HAVE BEEN PREPARED TO MEET HIM, BECAUSE LU WAS GOING TO MEET THE BRITISH TEAM ON 12TH JANUARY. PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS WERE EVEN POSSIBLE OUTSIDE THE FORMAL TALKS.
4. WEN WEI PO QUOTES SOURCES AS SAYING THAT AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF TALKS, THE BRITISH SIDE HAD PROPOSED THAT SIR PIERS HEAD THE BRITISH TEAM WHILE LU PING SHOULD HEAD THE CHINESE TEAM.
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