GRS 320
CONF-IDENT PAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2912
OF 30 DECEMBER 85
INFO IMMED HATE PEKING
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PEKING TELNO 1863 AND YOUR TELNO 2035: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
EN HONG KONG.
WE TOO ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE AMBASSADOR'S ROBUST HANDLING OF ZHOU
NAN'S COMPLAINTS. WE AGREE ALSO THAT WE DO NOT NEED TO COME TO
HARD AND FAST A PRIOR CONCLUSIONS NOW ON WHO SHOULD SPEAK TO WHOM.
THE NEXT STEP RS LU PING'S VISIT TO HONG KONG. WE KNOW FROM NCNA
THAT HE IS NOT AVERSE TO SOCIAL CONTACTS WITH SENIOR GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS. WE ARE PLANNING TO MAKE APPROPRIATE USE OF THESE: AND
WILL TELEGRAPH FURTHER ON WHAT MIGHT BE SAID TO HIM. (WE HAVE SENT
YOU TODAY A MAJOR PAPER ON CONVERGENCE AND THE 1987 REVIEW).
2. A CONTACT WITH XU JHATUN IS ALSO IN PROSPECT. HE WILL MEET SHR S Y CHUNG, MISS DUNN AND Q W LEE OVER DINNER ON 9 JANUARY. THIS WILL OFFER A USEFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW FAR XU PS STILL NURSING SUSPICIONS OVER BRITISH INTENTIONS. SEE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT NCNA DO NOT REPORT ACCURATELY WHAT IS SAID TO HIM: AND HE HAS
HIS OWN LINES TO LEADERS IN PEKING. WE NEED NOT BE PUT OFF BY
CHINESE INTER DEPARTMENTAL RIVALRIES FFROM TALKING TO HIM AS
NECESSARY.
3. ZHOU NAN WOULD BE AMONG THE LESS USEFUL VISITORS TO HONG KONG. HE KNOWS ABOUT CAPITALISM AND SEEMS CONVINCED THAT HE KNOWS ABOUT HONG KONG. AM NOT SURE THAT OUR BEST BLANDISHMENTS COULD IMPROVE HIS VIEW. IN SUBSTANCE, THERE IS NOT A GREAT DEAL MORE THAT WE
CAN SAY TO HIM OR MN PEKING ON THIS SUBJECT THAN WE HAVE SAID
TO J PENGFE. AGREE WITH SIR R EVANS (PEKING TELNO 1863 PARA 2)
THAT WE SHOULD NOT REVEAL TO ZHOU NAN TOO MUCH OF WHAT WE HAVE IN
MAND.
4.
AGREE THAT WHEN HMA MEETS ZHOU NAN (AS HE PROPOSES) OVER
LUNCH HE SHOULD CONTINUE THE TASK OF REASONED PERSUASION. ANYTHING MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT CHINESE CONCERNS (IN CONTRAST TO ZHOU NAN'S USUAL DELPHIC REFERENCES TO UNSPECIFIED STATEMENTS) WOULD BE
VALUABLE.
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