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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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MDLIAN 8467
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Personalities.
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HONG KONG/GUANGDONG RELATIONS
1 DURING THE COURSE OF LU PING'S VISIT ON 23 MARCH HE TOLD ME :
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(A) THAT PEKING HAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO GUANGDONG TO TAKE
FURTHER ACTION TO DEAL WITH SMUGGLING FROM HONG KONG. IN ANSWER TO MY QUERY, HE CONFIRMED THAT THIS WOULD INCLUDING RETURNING STOLEN CARS TO US.
(B) THAT GOVERNOR (YE XUANPING) STILL PLANNED TO VISIT HONG KONG IN APRIL. ALTHOUGH HE WOULD BE TAKING UP A POST IN THE NPPCC, HE WOULD REMAING ''TEMPORARILY'' AS GOVERNOR.
2. I SAID THAT WHILE YE WOULD BE WELCOME, GUANGDONG HAD NOT YET CONFIRMED THIS TO US. WE WILL PURSUE WITH NCNA.
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.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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