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FM HONG KONG 0409502 FEB 82
TO ROUTINE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 47 OF 4 FEBRUARY
INFO FCO CANBERRA HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON TELEGRAM NUMBER 47 OF 4 FEBRUARY
FROM POLITICAL ADVISER
LORD RHODES
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1. LORD RHODES IS IN HONG KONG FOR A FEW DAYS EN ROUTE FOR AUSTRALIA WHERE HE EXPECTS TO SPEND ABOUT A MONTH. HE HAS RECEIVED MESSAGES THROUGH THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN LONDON AND NONA HERE INVITING HIM AND LADY RHODES TO PAY A TEN DAY VISIT TO CHINA ON RETURN FROM AUSTRALIA AS GUESTS OF THE PEOPLES' INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (PIFA).
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2. LORD RHODES WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT THIS INVITATION BUT IS NOT SURE WHETHER HIS AND HIS WIFE'S HEALTH WILL BE UP TO IT. HE WILL SEE HOW THINGS GO IN AUSTRALIA AND THEN LET THE HIGH COMMISSION
KNOW HIS DECISION. I WILL INFORM NCNA ACCORDINGLY. YOU MAY WISH TO SPEAK TO PIFA.
3. LORD RHODES SAYS THAT IF HE DOES GO TO CHINA HE WOULD PROBABLY NOT WANT TO SPEND AS LONG AS TEN DAYS THERE. HE WOULD EXPECT TO GO TO PEKING WHERE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HE WISHES TO RENEW EARLIER CONTACTS ON TEXTILE MATTERS. HE ALSO WANTS TO PURSUE THE TWINNING OF MANCHESTER AND WUHAN AND TO VISIT THE SHENZHEN SEZ. WE COULD ARRANGE (OR CONFIRM ARRAGEMENTS FOR) THIS LAST HERE,
THROUGH NCNA.
3. (FOR CANBERRA) I UNDERSTAND LORD RHODES IS IN TOUCH WITH YOU ABOUT HIS VISIT TO AUSTRALIA. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD SEND A TELEGRAM
HERE AND TO PEKING WHEN HE HAS MADE KNOWN HIS INTENTIONS.
MACLEHOSE
MINIMAL
HK & GD
[THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]
COPIES TO:
HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE, LONDON
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