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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
VISIT BY CHINESE OFFICIALS TO HK
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MDLIAN 0973
SUMMARY
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1 A NUMBER OF VISITS BY CHINESE OFFICIALS TO HONG KONG HAVE EITHER BEEN CANCELLED OR ALTERED. A SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS ECONOMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE (OCTSERI) HAS BEEN CANCELLED. JI PENGFEI HAS TURNED DOWN MY INVITATION TO LUNCH. WANG QIREN HAS POSTPONED HIS PROGRAMME OF BRIEFINGS BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
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2. A LARGE NUMBER OF CHINESE OFFICIALS WERE SCHEDULED TO ATTEND THE OCTSERI SEMINAR DUE TO BE HELD THIS WEEK. THESE INCLUDED JI PENGFEI, LI HOU, WANG QIREN, CHEN ZOU'ER AND WU JIANFAN. THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS WERE ALSO SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT THE SEMINAR.
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I HAD INVITED ALL OF JI'S PARTY TO LUNCH ON 28 OCTOBER.
WANG QIREN HAD ALSO AGREED TO STAY ON FOR A PROGRAMME OF BRIEFINGS BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT (WHITNEY'S TELELETTER TO BROOKING, COPIED TO BUNTEN OF 26 AUGUST REFERS). THIS WAS SCHEDULED FROM 9 TO 11 NOVEMBER.
5. THE NCNA TELEPHONED ON 26 OCTOBER TO SAY THAT WANG QIREN WAS BUSY AND THE BRIEFING HAD TO BE QUOTE POSTPONED UNQUOTE.
6. JI AND HIS PARTY, HAVING ACCEPTED MY LUNCH INVITATION, SUBSEQUENTLY DECLINED. JI WAS QUOTE TOO OLD TO ATTEND LUNCHES
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7. ON 27 OCTOBER IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE OCTSERI CONFERENCE WAS QUOTE POSTPONED UNQUOTE.
WE KNOW THAT JI PENGFEI AND LI HOU ARE IN HONG KONG. WE KNOW THAT WANG QIREN AND CHEN ZOU'ER ARE NOT. WE ARE UNCERTAIN ABOUT
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