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DESKBY 156830Z

FM PEKING 150330Z DEC 78

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 912 OF 15 DEC

AND TO HONG KONG

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HKIL 341/1

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YOUR TELNO 795: IMMIGTYRATION FROM CHINA

1

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 18 DEC1978

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FOREIGN MINISTER HUANG HUA, WHO IS ILL IN HOSPITAL WITH ENEUMONIA, HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RECIEVE ME. THIS HORNING MFA MIFORMED ME THAT VICE-MINISTER CHANG WEN-CHIN, WITH WHOM

A MEETING HAD BEEN ARRANGED FOR 1501302, WAS. ALSO INDISPOSED

AID UNABLE TO KEEP THE ENGAGEMENT.

2. WE HAVE ASKED WHETHER IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR ME TO SPEAK WITH ANOTHER VICE-MINISTER, BUT MFA HAVE EXPLAINED THAT ONLY HUANG, CHANG AND SUNG CHIH-KUANG (WHO IS IN AFRICA) ARE

COMPETENT IN THIS FIELD.

THEY SAY THAT CHANG IS NOT SERIOUSLY

ILL AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE ME VERY SOON, HOPEFULLY OVER

THE WEEKEND.

3. WE SHALL LET FOLITICAL ADVISER HONG KONG KNOW BY TELEPHONE AS SOON AS A TIME IS FIXED IN CASE HE IS ABLE TO ARRANGE A PARALEL MEETING IN HONG KONG AT SHORT NOTICE, AND REPORT TO YOU BY TELEGRAM AS SOON AS THE MEETING HAS TAKEN PLACE.

CRADOCK

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PS/LORD GOROWY ROBERTS PS/FUS

MR CORTAZZI

COPIES TO:

HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE, LONDON

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MR MURRAY

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