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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2096
OF 02075OZ JULY 91
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG-HONG KONG
PEKING PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR
UKREP JLG HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GALSWORTHY
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MY TELNO 2017 AND YRTELNOS 1198 AND 1203: PROPOSED MEETING WITH LU PING
1. ANY NEED FOR AN URGENT MEETING BETWEEN MYSELF AND LU PING HAS NOW PRESUMABLY FALLEN AWAY AS A RESULT OF THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF SIR P. CRADOCK'S VISIT TO PEKING. NEVERTHELESS, I SEE SOME ADVANTAGE IN SHOWING WILLINGNESS AT AN EARLY STAGE TO FOLLOW UP BOTH ON THE MESSAGE PASSED TO ME INFORMALLY (FIRST TUR) AND THE ARRANGEMENTS NOW ENSHRINED IN THE INITIALLED MOU.
2. IT WOULD BE BEST TO BE CERTAIN THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR MAKING PUBLIC THE CONTENTS OF THE MOU ON 4 JULY HAVE NOT GONE ASTRAY BEFORE REVERTING TO LU PING. WHEN WE ARE SURE OF THAT POINT, AND PROVIDING YOU SEE NO OBJECTION, I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF THE AMBASSADOR COULD PASS A MESSAGE FROM ME TO LU PING ON THE
FOLLOWING LINES.
I) VERY PLEASED THAT SIR P. CRADOCK'S VISIT HAS ENABLED US TO REACH AGREEMENT ON HANDLING THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT. APPRECIATIVE OF THE ROLE LU PERSONALLY HAS PLAYED IN THIS AND THAT OUR EARLIER DISCUSSIONS HAVE NOW HELPED TO PRODUCE A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.
II) RECEIVED HIS EARLIER MESSAGE THROUGH A MUTUAL HONG KONG FRIEND. WAS READY TO RESPOND POSITIVELY TO THE SUGGESTION OF A MEETING IN HONG KONG IN THE NEAR FUTURE. BUT HAVE HELD OFF FROM SUGGESTING DATES BECAUSE OF MY OWN VISIT TO LONDON AND KNOWING THAT LU WAS CLOSELY INVOLVED IN SIR P. CRADOCK'S MISSION TO
PEKING.
III) AGREEMENT ON MOU PRESUMABLY MAKES EARLY MEETING TO DEAL WITH
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