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DESKEY 30120 Z
FM PEKING 3378552 MAR 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 348 OF 30 MARCH 78
INFO IMMEDIATE ONG KONG
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3 APR 79
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VISIT BY THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG
THE GOVERNOR LEFT THIS MORNING FOR XIAN AND LANZHOU AFTER A SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO PEKING. HE WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON 4 APRIL. WHILE IN PEKING HE WAS SEEN BY DENG XIAOPING, HUANG HUA, AND BRIEFLY, BY LIAO CHENGZHI, AS WELL AS BY HIS HOST, LI QIANG, HE WAS AT ALL TIMES ACCORDED GREAT PERSONAL COURTESIES,
2. 1 AM REPORTING SEPARATELY ON THE TALKS ABOVE. RECORDS WILL
FOLLOW BY BAG FROM HERE OR HONG KONG. APART FROM HIS DISCUSSIONS MENTIONED ABOVE HE WAS RECEIVED IN PEKING BY LU XUZHANG, THE DIRECTOR OF THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION FOR TOURISM, AND BY A VICE-MINISTER OF RAILWAYS.
3. THE GOVERNOR WILL BE GIVING A PRESS CONFERENCE ON 6 APRIL,
IF AND PENDING THAT WE ARE SAYING NOTHING TO THE PRESS HERE. PUSHED SY COLLEAGUES WE SHALL TAKE THE LINE THAT THE GOVERNOR'S INTENTION WAS TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION WHICH HONG KONG MIGHT MAKE TO CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT. IN THIS HE HAD A NUMBER OF USEFUL TALKS. WE SHALL CONFIRM THAT IMMIGRATION WAS DISCUSSED AND THAT THE CHINESE WERE IN GENERAL QUITE HELPFUL. ON QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG WE SHALL PARRY BY SAYING THAT THIS WAS NOT A NEGOTIATING VISIT.
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MR CORTAZZI SIR A DUFE
ML MURRAY
PSLLARD GORDNIM ROBERTS
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