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GRS 186
HKK 024/16
OPIVED IN REGISTRY
21 NOV 1985
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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1829
OF 20120OZ NOVEMBER 85
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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YOUR TELNO 2578: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: VISIT TO HONG KONG OF
STATE COUNCILLOR JI PENGFEI
1.
A CALL BY JI AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE WILL NO DOUBT PROVIDE A USEFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO TRY TO ALLAY CHINESE ANXIETIES ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. IT MIGHT ALSO BE WORTH CONSIDERING WHETHER WE COULD USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO START OFF OUR INFORMAL DIALOGUE WITH THE CHINESE ON THIS SUBJECT IN A NATURAL WAY. COULD, IF THIS SEEMED A GOOD WAY FORWARD, HINT TO THE CHINESE DURING THE JLG THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS.
2.
WE
JI MIGHT ALSO BE PREPARED TO GIVE SOME PRELIMINARY CHINESE VIEWS ON POST-1997 GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE. YOU MAY WISH, IN THIS CONNECTION, TO LOOK AGAIN AT THE 'PERSONAL VIEWS' WHICH KE GAVE WILSON LAST SUMMER. THESE ARE CONTAINED IN PEKING TELNOS 1917 AND 1952 OF AUGUST 1984. WE BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE THE ONLY INDICATIONS SO FAR GIVEN US OF CHINESE IDEAS ON THE FUTURE
EXECUTIVE.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RES (MR WALKER)
PS
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
BIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
MR J CROWLEY FUSD
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVS MR MARTIN ASST STAFF
CABINET OFFICE
MR MALLABY CABINET OFFICE MR DRC CHRISTOPHER
CABINET OFFICE SIR P CRADDOCK NO 10 DOWNING ST. MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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