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CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1201
OF 010818Z AUGUST 91
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, B T C HONG KONG
HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR ACTING GOVERNOR.
YOUR TELNO 835.
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA AND HONG KONG.
WHEN COUNSELLOR CALLED ON WEST EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT ON 1 AUGUST TO DISCUSS TIMING OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE VISIT HE ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION SOME OF THE POINTS IN T U R.
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COUNSELLOR INFORMED THE CHINESE THAT THE GOVERNOR WOULD ACCOMPANY THE PRIME MINISTER FOR PART OF THE VISIT, AND THAT OTHER OFFICIALS MIGHT ALSO PARTICIPATE.
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3. COUNSELLOR FED IN THE INITIAL IDEAS FOR THE PROGRAMME IN PARAS 5-8 OF TUR. HE WARNED THAT TIME WOULD NEED TO BE LEFT FREE FOR ITEMS WHICH THE EMBASSY WOULD ARRANGE, E.G. A MEETING WITH BRITISH RESIDENTS.
COUNSELLOR SAID THAT HE ASSUMED THAT THE WHOLE PARTY WOULD BE ACCOMMODATED AT THE DIAOYUTAI, AND SAID IT WOULD BE CONVENIENT IF I COULD STAY THERE TOO.
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COUNSELLOR DID NOT MENTION QIAN QICHEN'S VISIT OR THE GUARD OF HONOUR. I PLAN TO RAISE THE FORMER WITH VICE-MINISTER TIAN ZENGPEI AT HIS WELCOMING BANQUET FOR ME THIS EVENING (1 AUGUST). I THINK IT BEST TO DELAY SPEAKING ABOUT THE GUARD OF HONOUR UNTIL I CAN GET HOLD OF ASSISTANT MINISTER JIANG ENZHU, WHO HAS NOT BEEN AVAILABLE THIS WEEK AND WILL NOT BE AT TONIGHT'S BANQUET.
WE WILL AIM TO HAVE A FIRST SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION OF THE PROGRAMME EARLY NEXT WEEK. IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO FIT EVERYTHING IN IF 4 SEPTEMBER IS TO BE CONFINED TO SIGHTSEEING.
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MCLAREN.
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