TNAG-1158-FCO40-1438-Visit-by-Margaret-Thatcher--UK-Prime-Minister--to-Hong-Kong--1982 — Page 173

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TELELETTER

FROM: SIR PERCY CRADOCK, PEKING

2 FEBRUARY 1982

FOLLOWING FOR:

M ELLIOTT ESQ, FED, FCO

SIR HUGH CORTAZZI, TOKYO

R J T MCLAREN ESQ, HONG KONG

PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT

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NR 1. THANK YOU FOR THE COPY OF YOUR TELELETTER OF 28 JANUARY TO HUGH CORTAZZI. YOU WILL HAVE SEEN MY TELMO 67 OF 2 FEBRUARY REPORTING FY TALK YESTERDAY WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ANG CANMING.

WR

2. I SEE NO DIFFICULTY IN OUR FALLING IN WITH THE JAPANESE WISH THAT MRS THATCHER SHOULD VISIT_JAPAN_REFORE CHINA, AND CAN THEREFORE ACCEPT AS A BASIS FOR PLANNING YOUR ALTERNATIVE B PROGRAMME.

3. WE SHALL NOW GIVE SERIOUS THOUGHT TO LIKELY ITEMS FOR INCLUSION IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S PROGRAMME HERE, AND I SHALL TELEGRAPH THESE SHORTLY.

4. YOU MAY LIKE TO KNOW THAT THE JAPANESE EMBASSY HAS TOLD US THAT MR SUZUKI WILL VISIT CHINA IN SEPTEMBER. ALTHOUGH THE JAPANESE PREFERRED THE FIRST HALF OF THAT MONTH, THE CHINESE HAVE SUGGESTED THAT MR SUZUKI SHOULD COME FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, I BELIEVE ON 29 SEPTEMBER.

PERCY CRADOCK

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