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GRS 350

SECRET

FM PEKING

TO DESKBY 27090OZ FCO

TELNO 458

OF 2708C3Z MARCH 86

SECRET

INFO DESKBY 27090OZ HONG KONG

HKKOIL

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

MD.

Parall

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- 4 APR 1986

1B414

YOUR TELNO 247: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, THE BASIC LAW AND THE 1987 REVIEW: PROPOSED MEETING BETWEEN SECRETARY OF STATE AND WU

XUEQIAN

1. ON THE PASSAGE IN PARAGRAPH 2(C) OF YOUR TUR I SUGGEST THAT

RATHER THAN REFER TO ** 'DEVELOPMENTS' THE FIRST SENTENCE BE AMENDED

AS FOLLOWS: ''I BELIEVE IT WOULD NOW BE MOST USEFUL IF YOU AND I

COULD MEET TO REVIEW COOPERATION IN THE LAST NINE MONTHS BNETWEEN

OUR TWO SIDES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SINO/BRITISH JOINT

DECLARATION ON HONG KONG.*

2. MY STRONG PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR PAPERS TO BE GIVEN BY YOU TO

WU PERSONALLY (2(E) OF TUR). I SEE A DANGER THAT IF THEY ARE PASSED TO WU'S RETINUE, THE CHANCES ARE GREATER THAT THEY WILL RECH ZHOU NAN AND OTHERS WITHOUT ANY CLEAR INDICATION OF WU'S OWN VIEWS ON THE

SUBJECT.

3. WU'S TRAVEL. THE FINNISH COUNSELLOR TOLD ME YESTERDAY EVENING THAT WU WOULD DEFINITELY BE TRAVELLING TO HELSINKI ON A SCHEDULED FLIGHT VIA FRANKFURT. SHE ADDED THAT THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL HAD BEEN FOR WU TO VISIT JUST HELSINKI AND MOSCOW. WU HAD NOW POSTPONED HIS MOSCOW VISIT. FOR OBVIOUS REASONS HE WAS NOT PREPARED TO TRAVEL TO

HELSINKI ON A ROUTE WHICH INVCLED A STOP-OVER, HOWEVER SHORT, AT

MOSCOW AIRPORT.

4. I LIKE THE IDEA OF A MEETING BETWEEN YOU AND WU AT CHEVENING.

THE ATMOSPHERE WOULD I THINK BE CONDUCIVE TO THE APPROACH WE HAVE IN

MIND. A MEETING ON 10 MAY WOULD, I IMAGINE, INVOLVE WU LEAVING

PEKING ON FRIDAY 9 MAY. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING FLIGHT

OPTIONS:

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