TNAG-1166-FCO40-1446-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 35

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1. SIR Y K PAO HAD A BRIEF MEETING WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AT

THE AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE ON EVENING OF 31 JANUARY. I WAS

PRESENT. NO NEW POINTS EMERGED.

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2. PAO TOOK THE LINE THAT SINO-AMERICAN RELATIONS WERE UNLIKELY

TO IMPROVE SOON AND THAT THERE WAS THUS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR

BRITAIN. HE ALSO REITERATED THE IMPORTANCE OF INVITING GU MU

AND HIS WIFE TO BRITAIN. PAO WAS TOLD THAT THE LPS HAD RENEWED THE

INVITATION IN RECENT TALKS IN PEKING.

3. PAO MADE THE FAMILIAR PLAY WITH HIS DISCUSSIONS IN PEKING

WITH DENG AND OTHER LEADERS. ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, HE SAID THAT THE CHINESE WANTED US TO COME UP WITH PROPOSALS IT WAS

DIFFICULT FOR DENG BECAUSE HE COULD NOT ADVOCATE AN EXTENSIGN

OF THE LEASE. THIS WAS TOO SENSITIVE POLITICALLY FOR HIM.

4. AS FORWARNED, PAO PUT IN A PLUG FOR THE LAUNCHING OF HIS

SHIPS BY GU MU'S WIFE IN SUNDERLAND, AND BY THE PRIME MINISTER

IN SHANGHAI RESPECTIVELY.

5. PAO IS GOING BACK TO PEKING ON 17 FEBRUARY BUT SAID THAT HE

WOULD ONLY BE TALKING BUSINESS THERE. HE DID NOT EXPECL TO MEET

ANY CHINESE LEADERS.

6. LORD CARRINGTON TOOK NOTE WITHOUT COMMITMENT. FULLER NOTE WILL

FOLLOW BY BAG.

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