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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 060947Z AUG 82
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 856 OF #6 AUG
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
FOLLOWING FOR CLIFT H K G D
FROM GOVERNOR
026/12€
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YOUR TEL NO 600: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT
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026/17
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AS AGREED I TOLD UMELCO THIS MORNING THAT I HAD
CONVEYED TO LONDON THE OBSERVATIONS THEY HAD MADE TO ME
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ON DEPARTURE AND HAD HAD A FULL DISCUSSION. I ALSO TOLD THEM OF THE PLAN THAT I SHOULD VISIT LONDON IN SEPTEMBER ACCOMPANIED
BY SOME UNOFFICIALS, EMPHASISISING THE NEED TO KEEP THIS CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL NEARER THE TIME. THEY RECEIVED THIS VERY
WARMLY.
2. UMPROMPTED THEY WENT ON TO EXPRESS THEIR HOPE THAT I WOULD BE INCLUDED AS A MEMBER OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S PARTY DURING HER VISIT TO PEKING TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE. THEY THOUGHT THIS ESSENTIAL IN ORDER TO GIVE CONFIDENCE TO THE PUBLIC
IN HONG KONG THAT THEIR VIEWS WOULD BE REPRESENTED AUTHORITATIVELY
IN THE ADVICE AVAILABLE TO THE PRIME MINISTER IN PEKING.
3. I UNDERTOOK TO CONVEY THIS TO LONDON AND IN THE LIGHT OF IT MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD NOW BE THAT I SHOULD MYSELF JOIN THE P M'S PARTY FOR THE PEKING VISIT. I RECOGNISE THE ARGUMENT
AGAINST BUILDING UP EXPECTATIONS MORE THAN WE HAVE TO AND HAVE DONE MY BEST TO MODERATE THEM: BUT THE PLAIN FACT IS THAT THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE VISIT IS ALREADY SO INTENSE HERE THAT
MY PRESENCE IN PEKING COULD SCARCELY INTENSIFY IT: AND IN ANY CASE THE UNOFFICIALS FEEL STRONGLY ENOUGH ON THE ISSUE THAT THEY ASKED THE SENIO MEMBER TO WRITE TO ME IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MEETING TO CONFIRM THEIR HOPE THAT I WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PARTY FOR PEKING.
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LIMITED HD HKIGO PS
PS | LORD BELSTEAD
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MR DONALD
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