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The programme in Peking.
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Speeches in Peking. As the letter states, we importance to the Prime Minister making two
speeches, one at
one at the signature ceremony and one at the banquet. Neither need be very long.
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Participation in the signature ceremony. proposals cover participation by Hong Kong
officials, by Unofficial members of EXCO and LEGCO and by other Hong Kong figures. They take into account the apparent intention of the Chinese to
invite "important Hong Kong figures" to observe the
ceremony. The Governor gave his recommendations on this point in Hong Kong telno 3451. We concurred,
pending consultation with Ministers (FCO telno 2233 to Hong Kong): the Governor has now discussed the
matter with EXCO (Hong Kong telno 3465). If the
Secretary of State is content with the approach which we have adopted in the letter to No 10, which
is consistent with the Prime Minister's views on how
to deal with Sir Y K Pao's interest in participating in the signature ceremony, we shall use this as the
basis for the speaking notes which we shall submit for the various forthcoming meetings between
Ministers and Sir Y K.
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The subject matter of the talks in Peking. We
cannot yet be certain what will need to be said on
Hong Kong, but there will certainly be a number of
points for the Prime Minister to make to Zhao. The
proposals for discussion of bilateral relations and
international affairs are not very detailed at this stage. On all these subjects it will be open to us
to make more precise proposals to the Chinese nearer
the time of the visit.
The timing and content of the announcement of the
visit. We envisage that an announcement might be made in the week beginning 26 November.
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