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DESKBY 220100Z

FM FCO 21160OZ NOV 84

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1433 OF 21 NOVEMBER

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG

YOUR TELNO 2799: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT

PA

Ныша

1. IN THE LIGHT OF THE ADVICE IN PARA 2 OF YOUR TELNO 2723 THE

DRAFT PROGRAMME FOR PEKING WHICH WE SUBMITTED TO NO 10 DOWNING

STREET DID NOT/NOT INCLUDE A CALL ON HU YAOBANG. HOWEVER

SIR Y K PAO SUGGESTED DURING HIS CALLS IN LONDON LAST WEEK THAT

THE PRIME MINISTER SHOULD SEEK TO SEE HU, PRIMARILY SO THAT SHE

WOULD BE PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED WITH ALL THE PRESENT GENERATION OF

LEADERS. ON REFLECTION WE SEE VALUE IN SUCH A CALL, WHICH COULD

BE BRIEF. ALTHOUGH HU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE

HONG KONG NEGOTIATIONS HE IS A SENIOR LEADER AND A KEY FIGURE IN

THE SUCCESSION TO DENG.

2. WE ARE THEREFORE INCLINED TO RECOMMEND TO THE PRIME MINISTER

THAT HU SHOULD BE ADDED TO OUR REQUESTS FOR CALLS. THERE SHOULD.

JUST BE TIME FOR A CALL ON HIM IN THE AFTERNOON, PERHAPS AFTER

THE TALKS WITH ZHAO ZIYANG. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY

FURTHER REACTIONS, DESKBY 220900Z.

HOWE

HONG KONG AGREEMENT

LIMITED

1

HD/HKD

HD/FED

HD/PLANNING STAFF

HD/PUSD

DEP HD/PUSD

RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER) PS

PS/MR LUCE

PS/PUS

SIR W HARDING

MR WILSON

SIR J FREELAND

COPIES TO:(VIA ADR)

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET

OFFICE

MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE KR COLVIN, CABINET OFFICE SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST SIR P CRADOCK, ROOM K195

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