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TELEGRAM NUMBER 715 OF 11/4/84

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

YOUR VISIT: CHINESE TEAM AT THE TALKS.

1. PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT INFORMED US TODAY THAT THE

PROVISIONAL CHINESE TEAM FOR THE TALKS WILL

BE AS FOLLOWS:

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WU XUEQIAN STATE COUNCILLOR AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

ZHOU NAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER, MFA

SHAO TIANREN, LEGAL ADVISER TO MFA

GUO FENGMIN, HEAD OF WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT, MFA LU PING, ADVISER, WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT, MFA WU MINGLIAN, DEPUTY HEAD OF PROTOCOL DEPT, MFA KE ZAISHUO, COUNSELLOR, WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT,MFA LUO JIAHUAN, COUNSELLOR, WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT MFA

2. THE INTERPRETER WOULD BE MME ZHANG YOUYUN. THE CHINESE SIDE WAS CONTENT THAT SHE SHOULD INTERPRET FOR THE CHINESE SIDE AND THAT Y P CHENG SHOULD INTERPRET FOR THE UK SIDE, BOTH AT THE TALKS AND DURING THE CALLS ON LEADERS.

3. THE ONLY TWO ADDITIONS TO THE NORMAL TEAM IN THE HONG KONG

TALKS APART FROM WU XUEQIAN HIMSELF, ARE GUO FENGMIN AND

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WU MINGLIAN. BOTH ARE UNSURPRISING. ALSO PREDICTABLY LI JUSHENG IS NOT INCLUDED. THE CHINESE SIDE STRESSED THAT THE LIST WAS STILL PROVISIONAL. NOW THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED 10 PERSONS

AT THE TALBE, WE EXPECT THAT THEY WILL ADD TO IT TO MATCH OUR

NUMBERS.

4. WE HAVE TOLD THE CHINESE SIDE THAT ATTENDANCE AT THE CALLS ON LEADERS WILL PROBABALY BE SMALLER THAN AT THE TALKS THEMSELVES, BUT THAT WE WILL WISH TO DECIDE IT WHEN

WE SEE HOW THE DISCUSSIONS GO. THEY SEEM CONTENT WITH THIS.

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