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INFO TELELETTER F C 0, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
GOVERNOR, HONG KONG
FROM:
FOR:
SIR ROBIN MCLAREN, HMA PEKING
FILE REF:
C.C.
MR. A. BURNS, AUSS, FCO
(24)
014055 MDTTAN 5161
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MR. A. GALSWORTHY, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
THE ACCOUNT THAT DAVID AKERS-JONES GAVE ME OF HIS MEETING IN PEKING IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT IN YOUR TELELETTER OF 17 MARCH. THE ONLY POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANT POINT OF DIFFERENCE WAS THAT, AS DAVID AKERS-JONES DESCRIBED IT TO ME, LU PING'S REMARKS ABOUT THE BUDGET AND PRIVATISATION WERE MADE IN A HALF HOUR PRIVATE MEETING THAT HE HAD WITH LU RATHER THAN IN THE LARGER MEETING WITH THE WHOLE DELEGATION. VINCENT LO, WHO WAS OF COURSE PRESENT ONLY AT THE LARGER MEETING, TOLD ME SEPARATELY THAT LU IN TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, ONLY TOUCHED OBLIQUELY ON THE SURPLUS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE DOLLARS 25 BILLION SET-ASIDE.
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ONE OTHER POINT MENTIONED BY LU PING TO DAVID AKERS-JONES WAS A WILL TO MEET ME TO TALK ABOUT THE 1995 ELECTIONS. AT THE MOMENT I SEE MY NEXT TALK WITH HIM AS BEING DURING A FAREWELL VISIT TO PEKING. DOUBTLESS 1995 WILL COME UP THEN: BUT WE WILL NOT AT THAT TIME BE IN A POSITION TO TAKE MATTERS FORWARD ON ANY SUBSTANTIAL POINTS.
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YOU MAY BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT YOUR TELELETTER NEVER ACTUALLY ARRIVED HERE. THE ONLY COPY WE HAVE SEEN OF IT WAS ONE FAXED BY ANDREW BURNS TO JOHN COLES EXCLAM.
SIGNED:
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LORD WILSON OF TILLYORN
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