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FM HONG KONG 150802Z DEC 78

TO ROUTINE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1441 OF 15 DECEMBER

INFO PEKING

H&K coll

INDING

ль

OFFICCH

PA

NO.

REGISTHY Action Taken

1. THE DIRECTOR OF NCNA CAME TO LUNCH WITH HIS STAFF ON

13 DECEMBER. HE INVITED ME TO VISIT PEKING, AND MADE QUITE

A POINT OF IT. I TEMPORIZED. THE NEXT MORNING HE FOLLOWED UP

WITH A MESSAGE VIA SIR Y K PAO THAT THE INVITATION WAS ON

INSTRUCTIONS FROM PEKING AND THAT IF I WENT I WOULD BE RECEIVED

''BY THE LEADERS'', THIS FOLLOWS A SERIES OF OBLIQUE APPROACHES

OVER THE YEARS, AND MORE RECENTLY TWO FROM LIAO CH'ENG-CHIH.

2. LETTER FOLLOWS. I WILL OF COURSE DO NOTHING EITHER WAY UNTIL

I HAVE CRADOCK'S ADVICE AND YOUR INSTRUCTIONS. I WOULD ALSO

EVENTUALLY HAVE TO CONSULT EXCO WHETHER THE INVITATION IS

ACCEPTED OR REFUSED,

MACLEHOSE

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