SECRET
GRS 230
SECRET
DESKBY 20113OZ FCO AND BRUSSELS
HICK
DESKBY 20110OZ HONG KONG
RECEIV
92
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COPY se 93
027/2
WHISTR
2 1 MAR 1934
RH 20%
FROM PEKING 20100OZ MAR 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 530 OF 20/3/84
AND TO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS (FOR PS/SECRETARY OF STATE) INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
YOUR TEL NO 236: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: YOUR VISIT
TO CHINA
1. I HAVE NOT YET SPOKEN TO THE CHINESE, IN THE ABSENCE OF CONFIRMATION THAT YOU WOULD WISH
ME TO ACT AS PROPOSED.
2. I CLEARLY SEE THE DIFFICULTIES IN RELATION TO HONG KONG WHICH ARE PRESENTED BY THE DATES WHICH THE CHINESE HAVE PROPOSED. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, DIFFICULTIES ABOUT SUGGESTING TO THEM THAT YOU SHOULD STICK TO YOUR PLAN OF ARRIVING IN PEKING ON 15 APRIL. THE GREATEST OF THESE IS THAT YOUR HOST IN CHINA WILL BE WU XUEQIAN. IN CHINESE PROTOCOL, IT IS HE WHO MUST HAVE FORMAL TALKS WITH YOU BEFORE YOU CAN GO ON TO TALK TO OTHER CHINESE LEADERS. ANY SUGGESTION THAT YOUR FORMAL TALKS SHOULD BE WITH ANYONE ELSE WOULD NOT GO DOWN WELL. CAREFUL TO SAY TO ME YESTERDAY THAT WU WOULD BE PLEASED TO RECEIVE YOU AND TO EXPLAIN THE CHINESE COUNTER-PROPOSAL IN TERMS OF WU'S PLANS.
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