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DD 15O7OOZ HONG KONG

DD 15093OZ FCO

FROM PEKING 15063OZ DEC 34

TO IMMEDIATE HMNG KONG

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 507 OF 15/12/84

INFO IMMEDIATE FCO

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YOUR TEL NO 1418 TO PEKING AND PEKING TEL NO 2980 TO FCO:

PRIME MINISTER'S WISIT: HONG KONG ATTENDANCE

1. THE MFA CONTACTED US THIS MORNING AND GAVE US A FULL LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND AS OBSERVERS. IT TOTALS 127 INDIVIDUALS, MADE UP AS FOLLOWS:

(A) CHINESE LIST LL INVITED EXCEPT:

CHEN RIXIN, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK:

LUO BIN, PROPRIETOR, XINBAO TO WHOM THEY THOUGHT

AN INVIATION HAD PROBABLY NOT BEEN ISSUED:

HU ZHENZHONG (BISHOP JOHN WU), WHO HAD SAID HE WAS NOT

ABLE TO COME BUT HAD SUGGESTED YANG MINGZHANG AS A SUITABLE REPLACEMENT FOR HIMSELF AND WHOM THE CHINESE

HAD THEREFORE INVITED:

MR CARTER, HEAD OF IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT:

MR BRIDGE, HEAD OF LABOUR DEPARTMENT:

MR HENRY, COMMISSIONER OF POLICE:

LI JUNXIA, SENIOR ASSISTANT COMMISSIOER OF POLICE: LIANUFKHPPAVSB-II HUWECRETARY FOR EDUCATION:

FENG WEIGUANG, PRESIDENT HK UNIVERSITY

STUDENT UNION:

WU ZHONSHENG, PRESIDENT CHINESE UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION: HUANG XIWE, PRESIDENT POLYTECHNICA STUDENTS UNION.

THIS LEAVES 92 FROM THEIR LIST (PLUS YANG MINGZHANG) OF WHOM 21 OVERLAP WITH OUT LIST.

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