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FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 22003OZ PEKING
TELNO 139
OF 200507Z JULY 91
INFO IMMEDIATE FCO, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
110503
MDHIAN 6193
Top cars? Гор
HKB 182 15
PEKING PERSONAL FOR COATES
UKREP JLG HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GALSWORTHY
YRTELNO 188: LU PING
1. I AM HAPPY FOR YOU TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AS SUGGESTED WITH THE HKMAO. AS THE AMBASSADOR SURMISES, THIS MAY MEAN THAT WE CAN AVOID NCNA ATTENDANCE. I SHOULD CERTAINLY HOPE SO.
2. COULD YOU PLEASE PUT THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS TO XU ZE. I WOULD PLAN TO ARRIVE AT THE CHINESE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE AT MAN KAM TO (PROBABLE USING A POLICE VEHICLE) AT 9.00 A.M. HONG KONG TIME (I.E. 10.00 A.M. MAINLAND TIME). WHAT WILL BE THE RECEPTION ARRANGEMENTS ON THE OTHER SIDE? WILL THE CHINESE PICK ME UP FROM THAT POINT IN ONE OF THEIR OWN CARS (AS WE DID FOR LU PING WHEN HE LAST VISITED)? I WILL NEED TO BE BACK IN HONG KONG BY 1.30 P.M. HONG KONG TIME (2.30 P.M. MAINLAND TIME). WHO WILL ACCOMPANY LU PING? ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT HE IS THINKING OF A SMALL, RELATIVELY INFORMAL MEETING, I PLAN TO COME ACCOMPANIED ONLY BY THE POLITICAL ADVISER. FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION, I AM NOT AT PRESENT PLANNING TO BRING AN INTERPRETER, BUT I MIGHT WISH TO RECONSIDER THIS IF THE CHINESE PROPOSE A TEAM OF MORE THAN LU PING PLUS ONE ON THEIR SIDE.
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I AM AFRAID THAT IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO DELAY THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A MEETING UNTIL I AM IN SHENZHEN. THAT WOULD AROUSE ALL SORTS OF SUSPICIONS HERE. WE PLAN THEREFORE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE EVENING OF 24 JULY, ON THE FOLLOWING LINES:
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL MAKE A BRIEF VISIT TO SHENZHEN TOMORROW 25 JULY. HE WILL MEET MR LU PING, THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG MACAO OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL. THE GOVERNOR WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE POLITICAL ADVISER, MR WILLIAM EHRMAN.
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