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OO HONG KONG

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HUK 040/57

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

07 DEC 1984

FM FCO 06150OZ DEC 84

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 2439 OF A6 DECEMBER

AND TO PEKING

ZIS

FICER

PA

H

Bukan

松

YOUR TELS NOS 3717 AND 1386 TO PEKING: TRANSLATION/INTERPRETATION

1.

WE AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR Y P CHENG TO BE PRESENT

IN PEKING DURING THE VISIT, AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD

MAKE THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS. PEKING SHOULD INFORM THE

CHINESE.

2.

WE SHALL BEAR IN MIND THE NEED FOR TRANSLATION OF SPEECHES,

BUT SHOULD WARN YOU THAT EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT

THERE IS LIKELY TO BE SOME LAST-MINUTE REDRAFTING.

HOWE

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DIST

LIMITED

HKD

FED

PROTOCOL DEPT

PS

MR WILSON

COPIES TO

SIR P CRADOCK

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