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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR

FUTURE OF HONG HONG: OUR TELNO 14 TO HONG KONG: VISIT TO CHINA

OF US SECRETARY OF STATE

1. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD BRING SHULTZ, OR A SENIOR OFFICIAL SUCH AS WOLFOVITZ, UP TO DATE ON THE DISCUSSIONS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG BEFORE THE PARTY LEAVE FOR CHINA, DRAWING ON MIPT AS NECESSARY. THERE IS NOT A LOT TO ADD TO WHAT WAS SAID IN EARLY NOVEMBER 1982 AND WE ARE NOT PROPOSING, AT THIS STAGE, ΤΟ ASK SHULTZ TO DELIVER ANY SPECIFIC MESSAGE. BUT IF THE SUBJECT OF HONG KONG COMES UP AND IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE, IT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL IF HE COULD, IN TALKING TO THE CHINESE LEADERS, SPEAK ALONG THE LINES OF PARA 4 OF MIFT, SUBJECT TO ANY VIEWS HMA PEKING OR THE GOVERNOR MAY HAVE.

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION, HMA PEKING IS CURRENTLY SEEKING

A CALL ON YAO GUANG, ZHANG WENJIN'S SUCCESSOR AS FOREIGN MINISTER, AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE MAY, AS A RESULT OF SUCH A MEETING, SEND SUPPLEMENTARY BRIEFING.

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