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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1521 OF 10 DEC 1984

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HONG KONG TELS NOS 3747, 3748 AND 3756 AND PEKING TELNO 2946:

PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: HONG KONG ATTENDANCE

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THE CHINESE HAVE ALREADY AGREED (PARA 3 OF PEKING TELNO 2900) TO THE PRINCIPLES THAT HONG KONG REPRESENTATION SHOULD BE BALANCED, AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES OVER THE LIST. WE SEE NO NEED TO LABOUR THESE POINTS WITH

THEM.

2. IN ADDITION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND UMELCO, WHO ARE IN A SPECIAL CATEGORY, WE DO NOT WISH ACTUALLY TO VETO NAMES, BECAUSE IF WE DID:

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(I) IT WOULD GIVE THE CHINESE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW IT TO

BECOME KNOWN THAT WE HAD BLACKBALLED CERTAIN PEOPLE:

(II) WE COULD HARDLY OBJECT IF THE CHINESE THEN VETOED

CERTAIN OF THE NAMES ON OUR LIST (IN ADDITION TO LU

SHINGCHU).

THOMSON SHOULD THEREFORE MAKE THE FOLLOWING POINTS:

UMELCO DELEGATION. THE LIST IN PARA 3(B) OF HONG KONG TELNO

3747 SHOULD BE HANDED OVER. YOU SHOULD SAY THAT THIS LIST HAS

BEEN AGREED BY UMELCO AND THAT WE WOULD PREFER THE CHINESE NOT TO

INVITE OTHER UMELCO MEMBERS. (THE STATEMENT QUOTED IN PEKING

TELNO 2946 WAS MADE ON THE BASIS OF THIS FIRST CHINESE LIST: ALL

UMELCO MEMBERS ON THAT ARE ON OUR LIST.)

WE ASSUME THAT HONG KONG ARE CLEAR THAT TS LO AND DR IP WILL NOT

OBJECT IF THEY SUBSEQUENTLY HEAR THAT WE HAVE VETOED THEIR

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