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FM HONG KONG 2905302 SEPTEMBER 80

TO IMMEDIATE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1254 OF 29 SEPTEMBER

INFO, LAMEDIATE PEKING

AMEDI

Original at: HKK02619

Никоно

REGIN?S PASK

29 SEP 1980

@J¢SK OFFICER

CANCELLATION OF SECRETARY OF STATES MISET CHINA.

This Copy for: Information only/Action o

Paray's)

$29.9.

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THERE WERE FOUR HONG KONG SUBJECTS WHICH THE SECRETARY C

STATE WOULD HAVE RAISED IN PEKING.

2. LEASES. THE APPROACH WE HAD IN MIND WAS SUITABLE FOR USE

ONLY AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. IT CAN WAIT. I AM WRITING SEPARATELY

ON THIS.

3. IMMIGRATION. THIS CANNOT WAIT. THE CHINESE ALREADY KNOW THAT

WE HAVE PLANS FOR FURTHER ACTION ALTHOUGH NOT THE DETAIL

(MY TELNO 1231). IT IS HIGHLY DESIRABLE THAT I SHOULD SEE

GOVERNOR XI BEFORE WE LAUNCH CHAMPION, AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE

WILL PRESUMABLY WISH TO SAY AFTER THE EVENT THAT THE CHINESE

AGREED THAT CHAMPION WAS THE MOST PRACTICAL WAY OF GETTING THE

PROBLEM UNDER CONTROL.

4. MY FIRST IFT CONTAINS COMMENTS ON THE EXISTING BRIEF WHICH I WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN TOKYO. MY SECOND IFT CONTAINS REVISED POINTS TO MAKE. I RECOMMEND THAT THE

AMBASSADOR SHOULD SPEAK ACCORDINGLY TO THE CHINESE AT

THE HIGHEST LEVEL HE CAN ARRANGE. DEADLINE FROM POINT OF VIEW OF OUR SEQUENCE WOULD BE 7 OCTOBER BUT I HOPE HE WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK THIS WEEK. FOLITICAL ADVISER WOULD THEN SPEAK SIMILARLY

TO NCNA.

5. GUANGDONG NUCLEAR PROJECT. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS ON 22 OCTOBER. IT WOULD BE HIGHLY DESIRABLE TO GET AN INDICATION OF THE ATTITUDE OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BEFORE THEN. MY THIRD IFT CONTAINS COMMENTS ON THE BRIEF WHICH I WOULD HAVE TAKEN TO TOK YO: MY FOURTH IFT CONTAINS REDRAFTED POINTS TO MAKE. I RECOMMEND THAT THE AMBASSADOR SHOULD ALSO SPEAK ACCORDINGLY TO THE CHINESE.

6. AIR SERVICES. I HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE BRIEF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN USED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. IF THE AMBASSADOR IS SPEAKING ON THE SUBJECTS ABOVE, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH DEALING ALSO WITH AIR SERVICES. FROM THE HONG KONG POINT OF VIEW ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID IS THAT WE TRUST THE SHANGHAI PROBLEM WILL BE RESOLVED QUICKLY. WE HAD HOPED THIS COULD BE DONE BEFORE THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT. WE HOPE THAT POSTPONEMENT OF THE ONE WILL NOT MEAN DELAY OF THE OTHER.

MACLEHOSE

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SIR E YOUDE MR DONALD

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