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FM PEKING
TO DESKBY 18100OZ FCO
TELNO 1854
OF 180918Z DECEMBER 85
INFO DESKBY 18100OZ HONG KONG
414 415
2 3 DEC 1985
TAB 25%
YOUR TELNOS 1078-9: LUNCH WITH ZHOU NAN: SPEECHES
1. WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THE CHINESE AS SUGGESTED IN PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2
OF FIRST TUR. THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO THEIR BEST TO GIVE US MORE
NOTICE ON SIMILAR OCCASIONS IN THE FUTURE. THEY ASSURED US THAT
ZHOU'S SPEECH WOULD BE ''FRIENDLY'' IN TONE.
2. I HAVE INCORPORATED IN MY SPEECH THE CHANGES SUGGESTED IN
SECOND TUR, AND HAVE EXPANDED PARAGRAPH 6 TO INCLUDE REFERENCE
TO THE PRIME MINISTERS VISIT TO PEKING A YEAR AGO AND ZHAO'S
VISIT TO BRITAIN.
3. WE RECEIVED LATE THIS AFTERNOON A COPY OF ZHOU'S SPEECH, TEXT
IS IN MIFT. IT IS OUR OWN TRANSLATION: THE CHINESE HAD NOT HAD TIME
TO PREPARE A TRANSLATION THEMSELVES. IN RETURN, AND AT CHINESE
REQUEST, I HAVE GIVEN THEM A COPY OF MY SPEECH.
4. SEE MIFT.
EVANS
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
RESEARCH D (FE)
D/HD PUSD
MR WILSON
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