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FM PEKING 9506572 JUN 31
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 408 OF 5 JUNE
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 507:
CHINESE VISA OFFICE
RECEIVED WAN
18000
1. I CALLED ON MRS XU ON 5 JUNE,
8 JUN 1981
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2. SHE BEGAN ASKINGHRE WHETHER I HAD ANY FRESA PROMAS/0/6
TO HER. I SAID THE MATTER WAS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION.
3. MRS XU THEN REHEARSED THE HISTORY OF THE VISA OFFICE NEGOTIATIONS, AND THE CHINESE POSITION. SHE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT AN AGREEMENT SHOULD BE REACHED QUICKLY AND THE VISA OFFICE ESTABLISHED. I WENT BRIEFLY OVER OUR POSITION AS EXPLAINED BEFORE BY HEAD OF CHANCERY TO MRS XU HERSELF ON 27 MARCH (MY TELNO 231 REFERS) AND BY SIR E YOUDE TO HUANG HUA DURING YOUR VISIT. I EXPLAINED THAT WE HAD ALREADY OFFERED THE CHINESE THE SUBSTANCE OF THEIR DEMANDS, BUT THAT WE COULD NOT MEET EVERY LETTER OF THOSE DEMANDS WITHOUT LEGISLATION. PRS XU SAID THAT THE VISA OFFICE WAS A NEW SORT OF INSTITUTION FOR BOTH SIDES AND THAT THIS PRESENTED PROBLEMS. SHE SEEMED TO BE AWARE THAT
THE DIFFICULTY WAS ONE OF LEGISLATION.
4. MRS XU THEN REFERRED TO THE DRAFT MEMORANDUM WHICH HEAD OF CHANCERY HAD AGREED TO PROVIDE AT THEIR MEETING ON 27 MARCH (AS A RESULT OF HUANG HUA'S INTERVENTION IT WAS NOT HANDED OVER). SHE CONFIRMED THAT SHE WOULD LIKE US TO HAND OVER SUCH A ME MO-
RANDUM. 1 UNDERTOOK TO REPORT HER REQUEST.
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5. THIS IS AN ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT. MRS XU APPEARS TO HAVE TURNED THE CLOCK BACK TO MARCH, BEFORE HUANG HUA'S INTERVENTION.
HER APPROACH WAS VERY LOW-KEY AND SHE GAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT
THE MFA MIGHT BE PREPARED FOR SOME GIVE AND TAKE IN ORDER TO
GET THE OFFICE ESTABLISHED QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
6. WE LOSE NOTHING AND COULD CONCEIVABLY GAIN SOMETHING BY
EXPLORING THIS CHANNEL. I RECOMMEND THAT WE PROVIDE A DRAFT
MEMORANDUM AS MRS XU HAS ASKED. IF YOU AGREE, THE TEXT WOULD BE AS IN MY TELNO 232, WHICH WAS AGREED BY HONG KONG IN THEIR TELNOS 373 AND 24. to FCO + 108
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