CONFIDENTIAL
FM PARIS
TO TELELETTER FCO
TELELETTER
OF 031649Z JUL 91
AND TO TELELETTER PEKING
FROM J R YOUNG
ΤΟ :
ALAN PAUL ESQ, KHD, FCO
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COPIED TO : H DAVIES ESQ, FED, FCO
CHANCERY, PEKING
CHINA/HONG KONG: THE AIRPORT PROJECT: VISIT OF PRIME
MINISTER TO CHINA
1. I TOOK ACTION ON 3 JULY WITH LEVITTE (DIRECTOR FOR ASIA, QUAI) ON YOUR HELPFUL TELEGRAM 219 TO ATHENS GIVING ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE AGREEMENT ON THE NEW AIRPORT IN HONG KONG.
LEVITTE WAS WARMLY APPROVING. HE FULLY TOOK THE ARGUMENTS IN PARAS 3 AND 4 OF TUR. IN PARTICULAR, HE THOUGHT THAT PARTNERS IN THE TWELVE WOULD ACCEPT THE LOGIC OF THE NEED FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT CHINA IN ORDER TO SET THE SEAL ON AN AGREEMENT WHICH SHOULD FACILITATE THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR RESIDUAL PERIOD IN HONG KONG.
2"
LEVITTE SAID THAT HE WOULD INFORM DUMAS. I CANNOT PREDICT
WHETHER THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC WELCOME BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT FOR THE AGREEMENT. BUT LEVITTE'S REACTION COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE
POSITIVE.
SIGNED JR YOUNG
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