TNAG-1323-FCO40-1729-Future-of-Hong-Kong-visits-by-Chinese-officials-to-Hong-Kong-1984 — Page 13

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TELELETTER

FROM R.J.T. MCLAREN, POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG.

FILE REFERENCE SGD 3/04/1

DATED 16 OCTOBER 1984.

FOLLOWING FOR SIR RICHARD EVANS KCMG, PEKING.

COPIED TO

A C GALSWORTHY ESQ, HKD, F C 0.

HONG KONG AGREEMENT: POSSIBLE VISIT TO HONG KONG BY ZHOU NAN.

Taken

1. YOUR TELELETTER OF 12 OCTOBER CROSSED WITH MY LETTER OF 9

OCTOBER ON THE SAME SUBJECT WHICH SHOULD HAVE REACHED YOU BY NOW.

WE ARE CLEARLY AGREED THAT THE RIGHT TIME TO ISSUE AN INVITATION

TO ZHOU WOULD BE AFTER THE SIGNATURE OF THE AGREEMENT. THERE IS

THEREFORE NO ACTION WHICH NEEDS TO BE TAKEN NOW BUT I WILL ARRANGE

FOR THE PAPERS TO BE BROUGHT UP NEARER THE TIME TO ENSURE WE DO NOT

LOSE SIGHT OF THE QUESTION.

2. AS REGARDS POSSIBLE INVITATIONS TO MORE SENIOR CHINESE LEADERS,

THE PROS

AND CONS OF INVITING ZHAO ZIYANG IS ASSOCIATION WITH A VISIT TO THE

UK WOULD NEED VERY CAREFUL EXAMINATION. POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS

APART, THERE WOULD BE MAJOR PHYSICAL SECURITY PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN

A VISIT TO HONG KONG BY THE CHINESE PRIME MINISTER.

SIGNED R JT MCLAREN.

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