TNAG-1168-FCO40-1448-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 68

#

CONFIDENTIAL

- 2

away from him and his future remains unclear.

If Sir Y-K Pao raises the matter, the Prime

Minister might wish to take the line that we have

already repeated the invitation more than once,

and that we would not want to interfere in the

internal discussions within the Chinese leadership

about when this and other outstanding invitations

to the UK should be taken up.

}