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TT PEKING

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CONFIDENTIAL

TELELETTER

FROM CO HUM, HKD

CONFIDENTIAL

DATED 20 JANUARY 1984

FOLLOWING FOR A C GALSWORTHY ESQ, PEKING

RP MARGOLIS, DPA HONG KONG

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

24 JAN 1934

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سم

MY FAMILIARISATION VISIT

IN THE HOPE

1. PLEASE REFER TO MY TELEGRAM OF TODAY'S DATE.

THAT YOU SEE NO MAJOR SNAG, I AM SETTING OUT MY PLANS IN MORE

DETAIL IN THIS TELELETTER.

2. MY TIME IN PEKING WILL BE VERY SHORT, AND YOU WILL BE THE

BEST JUDGE OF MY USE OF IT. I THINK IT CAN PROBABLY BE BEST

SPENT IN TALKING, MAINLY TO MEMBERS OF THE EMBASSY, ON THE FOLLOWING

THEMES:

(A) THE CHINESE APPROACH TO THE TALKS ON THE FUTURE: PERSONALITIES,

STRATEGY AND TACTICS.

(B) INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE

TO POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR HONG KONG.

(C) CHINESE EXTERNAL POLICY, FROM THE SAME VIEWPOINT.

3. I HAVE DESCRIBED MY TRAVEL PLANS IN A SEPARATE TELELETTER

TO RICHARD MARGOLIS. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF I COULD BE

BOOKED INTO AN APPROPRIATE HOTEL FOR THE NIGHTS OF 14 AND 15

FEBRUARY.

4. IF ANY OLD FRIENDS, PARTICULARLY AMONG JOURNALISTS, ARE STILL

IN PEKING I SHOULD WELCOME A CHANCE TO SEE THEM AGAIN. I LOOK

FORWARD TO SEEING JAN AND YOURSELF. I AM SORRY MY GODSON WILL

NOT BE THERE.

FROM CO HUM

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