TNAG-1374-FCO40-1820-Ministerial-visits-from-the-UK-to-Hong-Kong-1985 — Page 73

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FM PEKING

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 1790

OF 050918Z DECEMBER 85

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INFO RPIROTIY HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG

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- YOUR TELNO 1043 AND HONG KONG TELNO 2721: MR RENTON'S VISIT

1. I PUT THE PROPOSED DATES IN YOUR TUR TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTORE OF THE MFA'S WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT LATE YESTERDAY. JIANG UNDERTOOK TO. REPORT THESE TO ZHOU NAN AND TO FIND OUT WHETHER THEY WOULD BE CONVENIENT.

2. OUR ONLY COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED AGENDA IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUR TUR ARE THAT THE BILATERAL TALKS SHOULD PERHAPS TOUCH ON CLAIMS WHICH WE SHALL BE DISCUSSING WITH THE CHINESE IN THE SPRING SEMICLN AND THAT AMONG INTERNATIONAL ISSUES THE MINISTER MIGHT

WISH TO DISCUSS SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT AND POSSIBLE FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.

3. WE THINK THAT ANY OF THE VICE MINISTERS IN THE STATE ECONOMIC COMMISSION WOULD BE MORE REWARDING INTERLOCUTORS FOR MR RENTON THAN JIA SHI, THE VICE MINISTER IN MOFERT RESPONSIBLE FOR RELATIONS

WITH BRITAIN.

4. FOR CANTON (WHERE TIME WILL BE LIMITED TO THA AFTERNOON OF 25 JANUARY IF THE MINISTER IS TO VISIT SHENZHEN THE NEXT DAY) WE SUGGEST CALLS ON THE GOVERNOR OF GUANGDONG AND THE MAYOR SEMICLN AND A MEETING WITH BP TO WHICH OTHER COMPANIES ACTIVE IN CANTON MIGHT

BE AN PERHAPS SEND REPRESENTATIVES. THIS WOULD., I THINK, ACCEPTABLE MINIMUM FOR THE CHINESE AND WOULD LEAVE TIME FOR A VISIT TO SHENZHEN EN ROUTE TO HONG KONG THE NEXT DAY, WHICH WOULD BE

WORTHWHILE.

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