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FROM: P F Ricketts
Hong Kong Department
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Sir J Coles
PS/Lord Caithness
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DATE: 16 January 1992
cc: Private Secretary
PS/PUS
Mr Burns o/r
Mr Davies, FED
Mr Wye, RAD,
Mr Crystal, News Dept
PUSD (CN)
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VISIT TO HONG KONG BY LU PING: 8-14 JANUARY 1992
Introduction
1. Before their meetings with the Governor next week, Ministers may welcome a summary account of Lu Ping's visit
to Hong Kong. His talks with the Governor broke no new ground but were more positive than any contact since the LegCo elections last September. (This augurs quite well for the Secretary of State's meeting with Qian Qichen in March.) The "private" part of Lu Ping's visits also had points of
interest.
Background
2. The Airport Memorandum of Understanding confirmed that Lu Ping and the Governor would "hold regular meetings".
Previous contacts were ad hoc. Lu and the Governor
subsequently agreed that it would make sense for them to meet at about the half way point between the two Foreign
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