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FROM PEKING 280615Z MAR 84
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 587 OF 28/3/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
HKK 02712
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FUTURE OF HONG KONG: YOUR VISIT.
1.
DISCUSSED YOUR VISIT WITH ZHOU NAN AT MY DINNER FOR
THE TWO DELEGATIONS ON 27 MARCH.
2.1 TOLD ZHOU THAT LADY HOWE WOULD BE ACCOMPANYING YOU.
HE SAID THAT THIS WAS GOOD NEWS.
3. ZHOU SOUGHT CONFIRMATION, WHICH I GAVE, THAT YOU
WOULD NOT WISH TO BEGIN YOUR FORMAL PROGRAMME UNTIL 16 APRIL.
HE ASKED WHETHER YOU WOULD NEED TO LEAVE PEKING EARLY
ON THE MORNING OF 18 APRIL. I SAID THAT YOU WOULD. HE EXPLAINED
THAT THIS MIGHT CUT SHORT THE TIME AVAILABLE FOR TALKS BETWEEN
YOU AND CHINESE LEADERS OTHER THAN WU XUEQIAN. HE SOUGHT MY CONFIR-
MAT:ION, WHICH ALSO GAVE, THAT YOU WOULD IF POSSIBLE WISH TO SEE JI PENGFE, ZHAO ZIYANG AND DENG XIAOPING, I GOT THE
IMPRESSION THAT YOU COULD REASONABLY EXPECT TO SEE ALL THREE,
IN SPITE OF WHAT HE HAD SAID ABOUT THE TIME OF YOUR DEPARTURE.
4. ZHOU SAID THAT 16 APRIL COULD PERHAPS BE RESERVED FOR TWO
ROUNDS OF TALKS BETWEEN YOU AND WU. AND FOR A DINNER OF WELCOME, TO BE GIVEN BY WU, IN THE EVENING. 17 APRIL COULD BE RESERVED
FOR YOUR TALKS WITH OTHER CHINESE LEADERS. HE ASSUMED THAT
YOU WOULD WISH TO GIVE A RETURN DINNER ON THE EVENING OF THAT
DAY. SAID THAT THOUGHT YOU WOULD.
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