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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 1438 FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT
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I CALLED ON ZHOU NAN THIS AFTERNOON AND TOOK HIM THROUGH ALL THE POINT S IN YOUR TUR. ZHOU SAID (AT THE OUTSET) THAT THE REVISED DATES OF 18 TO 20 DECEMBER WERE ACCEPTABLE TO ZHAO ZIYANG.
2. CALLS. ZHOU SAID HE HAD NOTED THE PRIME MINISTER'S INTEREST
IN MEETING HU. HE WOULD REPORT AND RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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3. SPEECHES. ZHOU TOOK NOTE. HE SAID THAT HE BELIEVED THAT ZHAO HAD SIMILAR IDEAS.
4. AGENDA. ZHOU NOTED THE SUBJECTS SUGGESTED FOR THE FORMAL TALKS WITH ZHAO AND UNDERTOOK TO REPORT. HE COMMENTED THAT THE LIST COULD ALWAYS BE EXPANDED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF ANY ADDITIONAL TOPICS WHICH THE TWO LEADERS MIGHT WISH TO DISCUSS.
5. COMPOSITION OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S DELEGATION. ZHOU TOOK NOTE.
I SPOKE AS 6. PRESENCE OF HONG KONG OFFICIALS AT SIGNATURE. INSTRUCTED. ZHOU'S IMMEDIATE RESPONSE WAS TO ASK THE IDENTITY AND OFFICIAL POSITIONS OF THOSE WHOM WE HAD IN MIND. HE LATER SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE NO BASIS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THIS QUESTION WITHOUT THIS INFORMATION. HE HOPED WE WOULD SUPPLY IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I SAID I COULD GO NO FURTHER TODAY. ZHOU RECALLED THAT, AT THE INITIALLING CEREMONY, THOSE PRESENT HAD BEEN EITHER MEMBERS OF THE NEGOTIATING TEAMS OR OF THE EMBASSY.
7. 1 PROBED ZHOU ABOUT CHINESE IDEAS ON THE PARTICIPATION OF HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES AT THE SIGNATKRE CEREMONY. ZHOU RECALLED THAT HE HAD EARLIER TOLD ME (MY TELNO 2736) THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WAS
IN HONG KONG'' CONSIDERING INVITING NOTABLES FROM VARIOUS CIRCLES
AS OBSERVORS AT THE CEREMONY. THE CHINESE SIDE WAS STILL CONSIDERING AND STUDYING THE FOUR POINTS WHICH I HAD LATER MADE (PARAGRAPH 4
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