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DESKBY PEKING 17043OZ
FM HONG KONG 17035OZ DEC 84
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1438 OF 17 DECEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE FCO
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YOUR TELNO 507 : PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT
: HONG KONG ATTENDANCE
1. WE HAVE AGREED WITH NCNA THAT FATHER YEUNG (YANG MING ZHANG) SHOULD ATTEND IN PLACE OF BISHOP JOHN WU, WHILST MAKING IT CLEAR THAT, AS A GENERAL RULE, THOSE INVITED SHOULD NOT (NOT) BE PERMITTED TO NOMINATE SUBSTITUTES.
2. LORD KADOORIE, WHO HAD ACCEPTED, HAS NOW TOLD NCNA THAT HE IS NOT FIT ENOUGH TO TRAVEL (HIS HEALTH PREVENTED HIM FROM GOING TO LONDON FOR THE HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE ON THE AGREEMENT). WE HAVE ALSO AGREED WITH NCNA THAT LORD KADOOR IE'S PROPOSAL THAT HE SHOULD BE REPRESENTED BY HIS SON MICHAEL MAY BE ACCEPTED.
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