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TO PRIORITY CERTAIN MISSIONS AND DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

GUIDANCE TELEGRAM NUMBER 074 OF 20 JULY 1984

FUTURE OF HONG KONG:

VISIT BY SECRETARY OF STATE TO HONG KONG AND PEKING

1.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL VISIT HONG KONG FROM 26 TO 27 JULY, PEKING FROM 27 TO 31 JULY AND HONG KONG

AGAIN FROM 31 JULY TO 1 AUGUST.

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2. THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS VISITING PEKING AT THE

INVITATION OF THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER, WU XUEQIAN. HE

WILL CONTINUE HIS SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS WITH WU XUEQIAN AND

OTHER CHINESE LEADERS ON ALL ASPECTS OF HONG KONG'S FUTURE. YOU SHOULD DISCOURAGE ANY SPECULATION THAT THERE IS CRISIS

IN THE TALKS. THERE IS NOTHING UNUSUAL IN THE SECRETARY OF

STATE'S VISIT NOW. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO CARRY

FORWARD TALKS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. THE PACE OF VISITS IS

BOUND TO SPEED UP AS WE MOVE TOWARDS A CONCLUSION OF

THE NEGOTIATIONS.

3. THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG WILL GIVE

HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, TO WHICH WE ATTACH GREAT IMPORTANCE. HE WILL MEET THE GOVERNOR AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE

COUNCILS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY.

STATE OF TALKS

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