TNAG-1434-FCO40-1917-Hong-Kong-leading-personality-Sir-Yue-Kong-Pao--businessman-1986 — Page 9

GRS 600

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FM PEKING

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 2157

Restricted HKK 010/2

OF 130935Z NOVEMBER 86

INFO SAVING SHANGHAI.

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

YOUR TELNO 1349 AND MY TELNO 2157

VISIT OF MR WALDEN

14 NOV 1986

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REGISTRY Action Taken

Дойно

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See 174

1. STATE EDUCATION COMMISSION (SEDC) HAVE INFORMED US THAT THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN LONDON WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO ISSUE TO MR WALDEN (INCLUDING HIS PS) A FORMAL INVITATION TO VISIT CHINA ON SEDC'S BEHALF. THEY WILL ALSO AUTHORISE VISAS FOR MR WALDEN AND HIS PS.

See 177

2. ACCORDING TO SEDC. CHINESE EMBASSY HAS ALREADY BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH DES ABOUT MR WALDEN'S PROGRAMME IN PEKING. WE HAVE ASKED SEDC

O' Cinner? NOT TO MAKE ANY FIRM ARRANGMENTS UNTIL WE RECEIVE MR WALDEN'S

COMMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS, WHICH EMERGED FROM A MEETING WITH SEDC TODAY (13 NOVEMBER):

THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER

ARRIVE PEKING AIRPORT

MIDDAY:

ACCOMMODATION:

SUITE AT XIYUAN HOTEL

AFTERNOON:

EVENING:

VISIT QINGHUA UNIVERSITY

BANQUET GIVEN BY A VICE-CHAIRMAN OF SEDC

FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER

CALL ON VICE-PREMIER LI PENG (CHAIRMAN OF SEDC)

CALL ON VICE-CHAIRMAN OF SEDC

VISIT FOREIGN AFFAIRS COLLEGE OR A SECONDARY SCHOOL AT MY RESIDENCE

0900

1000

1100

LUNCH

1503

1600

VISIT PEKING AERONAUTICAL INSTITUTE

1840

DEPART FOR HONG KONG ON CX 331

VISIT PEKING FOREIGN STUDIES UNIVERSITY

3. AS THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE APRANGMENTS FOR THE JOURNEY FROM NINGBO TO PEKING, IT SEEMS AT THIS STAGE BEST TO SEEK ONLY ONE VISIT ON THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. QINGHUA UNIVERSITY IS THE FOREMOST S AND T UNIVERSITY IN CHINA. IT HAS A NUMBER OF LINKS WITH

BRITAIN.

4. DURING THE WEEK BEGINNING 24 NOVEMBER, SEDC WILL BE HOLDING A MAJOR CONFEPENCE IN SHANDONG PROVINCE. THEY ARE UNCERTAIN WHICH VICE-CHAIRMAN OF SEDC WILL BE IN PEKING TO MEET MR WALDEN. IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT MADAME PENG PEIYUN WILL ATTEND THE NINGBO INAUGURATION, BUT WE HOPE ANOTHER VICE-CHAIRMAN (HUANG XINBAI) WILL BE AVAILABLE IN PEKING. HE IS THE CHINESE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE SINO-PRITISH FRIENDSHIP SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME AND IS FAMILIAR WITH OUT OTHER EDUCATION COOPERATION PROGRAMMES.

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