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FUTURE EGRET
DESKBY FCO 05090OZ
CONFIDENTIAL
FROM PEKING 050707Z NOV 34
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2696 OF 5/11/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
HUK 040/57 040 57
ник
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
0 5 NOV 1984
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
RE.
PA
Action Laken
a
YOUR TELNO 2171 TO HONG KONG: FUTURE EGRET: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT
1. I DO NOT THINK THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT PROPOSED FOR 6 NOVEMBER
WILL CAUSE THE CHINESE DIFFICULTY. THE TERMS IN WHICH YOU
INSTRUCTED ME TO SPEAK TO ZHOU NAN ABOUT THE PRIME MINISTER'S
DECISION (YOUR TEL NO 1322 AND MY TELNO 2596) CAN HAVE LEFT
THE CHINESE IN NO DOUBT THAT IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PRIME
MINISTER TO VISIT PEKING. THEY HAVE WARMLY WELCOMED THIS (MY
TELNO 2627). AN ANNOUNCEMENT BY HER IN PARLIAMENT, WOULD, I THINK,
ONLY CAUSE THEM DIFFICULTY IF IT WERE TO SPECIFY DATES BEFORE THESE
HAS BEEN SETTLED WITH THEM. THE DRAFT PASSAGE IN TUR DOES NOT DO
THIS.
2. IF YOU AGREE, I SHOULD LIKE TO INFORM ZHOU NAN AS A COURTESY
ON THE MORNING OF 6 NOVEMBER THAT THE PRIME MINISTER WILL THAT AFTERNOON ANNOUNCE HER INTENTION OF VISITING PEKING. I DO NOT
BELIEVE HE WILL BE DISCONCERTED, BY THE FACT OR BY THE NOTICE.
HE IS MORE LIKELY TO BE GRATIFIED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT ITSELF.
3. GRATEFUL FOR INSTRUCTIONS DESKBY 060001Z.
EVANS
FUTURE EGRET
LIMITED
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MR BOYD
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MR BURROWS LEGAL ADVISERS MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVISERS
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