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RR PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO PEKIN
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GRS 239
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TO ROUTINE PEKING
TELNO 1034
OF 291200Z NOVEMBER 85
AKKO!!!
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
02616 141
STRY
4 DEC 1985
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YOUR TELNO 1707: VISIT BY HU YAOBANG: LI PENG
1. WE, AND WHITEHALL GENERALLY, AGREE THAT YOU SHOULD BID FOR LI PENG TO ACCOMPANY HU YAOBANG. LI HAS OF COURSE BEEN FOR SOME TIME IN GREAT DEMAND IN HIS OWN RIGHT, NOT ONLY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, BUT ALSO DTI AND, FOLLOWING THE EXTENSION
TUR OF HIS PARISH TO EDUCATION, DES AND THE BRITISH COUNCIL. CROSSED WITH D/ENERGY TELNO FUEL 42. D/ENERGY WOULD BE CONTENT TO TAKE MR WALKER'S INVITATION FORWARD IN THIS WAY PROVIDED WE TRY TO SECURE, FOR SOME OF THE VISIT, A SEPARATE ENERGY-RELATED
PROGRAMME FOR LI PENG.
2.
WE ALSO SEE ADVANTAGE IN AN EARLY VISIT BY HU QILI (WHO MAY
APART FROM IN ANY CASE BE MORE LIKELY TO ACCOMPANY HU YAOBANG).
THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF EXPOSING HIM TO BRITAIN, HE COULD, TO JUDGE FROM THE AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE, BE VALUABLE IN REDUCING THE RISK OF HU YAOBANG'S IDIOSYNCRATIC STYLE LEADING TO MISUNDERSTANDINGS DURING THE VISIT.
3.
IF YOU AGREE, PLEASE THEREFORE SPEAK TO THE MFA AS YOU PROPOSE, BUT ADD THAT WE WOULD HOPE TO SEPARATE LI PENG FROM THE MAIN PARTY FOR SOME OF THE VISIT: AND THAT HU QILI WOULD ALSO BE
PARTICULARLY WELCOME.
HOWE
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PROTOCOL DEPT
DR WILSON
ADDITIONAL
MR CRUICKSHANK, OT2/3, DTI
MR ALTY, MEE, DTI
MR O'SULLIVAN, BRITISH COUNCIL
SPRING GARDENS
DR FORREST, OSO (GLASGOW), D/ENERGY MRS CHATTAWAY, IRD, D/EDUCATION AND
SCIENCE
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