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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELNO 1227
OF 240901Z APRIL 91
нисого/з
Js.
W
RW Taiwan,
29/4.
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, BTC HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, TOKYO, CANBERRA, WELLINGTON
135620
MDLIAN 5766
PERSONAL FOR BURNS, AUSS FROM GOVERNOR
/PW
YOUR TELNO 458 TO PEKING: FUTURE OF ANGLO-TAIWAN TRADE COMMITTEE: VISIT TO TAIWAN BY HMG OFFICIALS
1.
IT IS LARGELY FOR PEKING TO COMMENT ON THE EFFECT THAT THE PROPOSALS IN TUR WOULD HAVE ON HMG'S RELATIONS WITH CHINA. FROM THE HONG KONG POINT OF VIEW, I SEE NO OBJECTION TO HMG BUILDING UP ITS COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN, PROVIDING THIS IS DONE IN WAYS WHICH DO NOT ATTRACT UNNECESSARY POLITICAL RISKS.
2. I AM HOWEVER SURPRISED BY YOUR PROPOSAL THAT THE HEAD OF FED SHOULD VISIT TAIWAN. SEEN FROM HERE, THIS WOULD GIVE THE VISIT AN UNNECESSARILY HIGH PROFILE AND ADD FURTHER GRIT TO AN ALREADY RATHER DELICATE RELATIONSHIP. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT ADDITIONAL BENEFITS WOULD BE GAINED IN RETURN. IF YOU THINK A VISIT BY AN OFFICIAL NECESSARY, WOULD IT NOT BE MORE SENSIBLE TO STICK TO THE DTI?
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