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FM PEKING

TELNO 1850

TO DESKBY 171000Z FCO

OF 1709OOZ DEC 85

INFO DESKBY 17100OZ HONG KONG

HRR OU/L.

CEIVED WHE STRY 23 DEC 1985

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INDEX

MY TELNO 1825: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG: LUNCH WITH ZHOU NAN

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1. AT ZHOU NAN'S LUNCH ON 19 DECEMBER I PROPOSE TO CONFINE MYSELF TO MAKING THE POINTS IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF YOUR TELNO 1921 TO HONG KONG, ADDING ONLY THAT WE CONSIDER JI PENGFEI'S VISIT TO HONG KONG TO HAVE BEEN MOST USEFUL IN INITIATING AN INFORMAL DIALOGUE AND THAT WE HOPED THE CHINESE HAVE FOUND IT SIMILARLY

USEFUL.

2. THE CHINESE TOLD US THIS MORNING THAT ZHOU NAN WILL BE MAKING A ''FORMAL SPEECH'' AT THE LUNCH. THE SUBJECT MATTER WILL APPARENTLY BE HONG KONG AND BILATERAL RELATIONS. THEY SAID (SLIGHTLY TO OUR SURPRISE) THAT IT WILL LAST 10-15 MINUTES AND THAT A BRIEF SUMMARY OF IT AND OF ANY SPEECH I MAKE IN REPLY WILL BE PUBLISHED. MIFT CONTAINS A FIRST DRAFT OF MY SPEECH. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS.

3. WE HAVE ASKED TO HAVE A SIGHT OF THE MAIN POINTS OF ZHOU'S SPEECH BEFORE THURSDAY. WE WILL TELEGRAPH THESE IF WE GET THEM IN

TIME.

EVANS

LIMITED MD HITD

MD/FED MR WILSON

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