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FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FC O
TELNO 126
OF 050931Z FEBRUARY 91
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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HONG KONG TELNO 369. PADS: THE WAY FORWARD.
1. COATES CALLED ON CHENG RUOYU ON 5 FEBRUARY AT THE LATTER'S REQUEST. CHENG CONFIRMED THAT JI PENGFEI AND LU PING WOULD VISIT HONG KONG ON 4-6 MARCH AS THE GUESTS OF HKG.
THEY WOULD LEAVE MACAO FOR HONG KONG ON 3 MARCH.
LU PING WOULD WANT TO HOLD TALKS WITH THE GOVERNOR ON 4 MARCH. DURING THEIR STAY IN HONG KONG, JI AND LU HOPED TO VISIT THE CULTURAL CENTRE, EXHIBITION CENTRE, EAST DISTRICT (HARBOUR ?) TUNNEL, A NEW PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTIAL AREA AND RELATED PUBLIC FACILITIES.
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JI AND LU WOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY:
MME. XU HANBING (JI'S WIFE).
CHEN ZUO'ER (DEPUTY DEPARTMENT HEAD, HKMO, STATE COUNCIL). WANG FENGCHAO (DEPUTY DEPARTMENT HEAD, HKMO, STATE COUNCIL). XU ZE (DIVISION CHIEF, HKMO, STATE COUNCIL).
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CHEN, WANG AND XU WOULD ACCOMPANY LU IN HIS TALKS WITH THE GOVERNOR. A BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE VISIT SHOULD BE
ISSUED SIMULTANEOUSLY BY BOTH SIDES TOWARDS THE END OF FEBRUARY. THE DETAILED PROGRAMME FOR THE VISIT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN HKG AND NCNA.
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4. ON THE THIRD ROUND OF EXPERT TALKS ON PADS, CHENG CONFIRMED THAT THE CHINESE SIDCE AGREED THAT A BRIEF PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT SHOULD BE MADE ''SOMETIME NEXT WEEK' THEY WOULD CONTACT US AGAIN ABOUT THE PRECISE TIMING IN DUE COURSE. THE CHINESE TEAM FOR THE TALKS WOULD BE THE SAME AS ON THE LAST OCCASION. HE ASKED FOR THE NAMES OF THE HKG TEAM AS A P.
5. COATES POINTED OUT THAT RUMOURS OF JI AND LU'S VISIT HAD ALREADY BEEN WIDELY REPORTED IN THE HONG KONG PRESS.
HKG WOULD NEED TO RESPOND TO THESE RUMOURS IF WE WERE TO AVOID UNHELPFUL SPECULATION. CHENG CONFESSED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS
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