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FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GOVERNØR FROM HUM, HKD

YOUR TELNO 3502, 3516 AND 3606 AND PEKING TELNOS 218 TO YOU AND

2067 AND 2094 TO THE FCO: EXCHANGES WITH THE CHINESE ON HONG

KONG, AND YOUR TRAVEL PLANS

1.

THANK YOU FOR THESE HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS, ON WHICH WE HAVE

CONSULTED THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

2.

AS YOU SAY, THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANNEL FOR OUR INFORMAL

DIALOGUE WITH THE CHINESE ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE STRUCTURE OF

GOVERNMENT AND THE BASIC LAW IS THAT BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF

STATE AND WU XUEQIAN. WE ARE CONSIDERING CAREFULLY WHETHER THERE

MAY BE SCOPE FOR AN INFORMAL MEETING IN THE FIRST PART OF 1987,

PERHAPS WHEN WU VISITS EASTERN EUROPE IN JUNE OR JULY AS AT

PRESENT PLANNED. THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD NOT RULE OUT A

STOPOVER IN PEKING IF OTHER BUSINESS TOOK HIM TO THE FAR EAST.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN SEPTEMBER WILL OFFER A FURTHER

OPPORTUNITY FOR CONTACT.

3.

THE INVITATION WHICH THE SECRETARY OF STATE EXTENDED TO

WU, AND WHICH WU ACCEPTED, WAS FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT IN THE

COURSE OF NEXT YEAR. THE SECRETARY OF STATE BELIEVES IT WOULD BE

PREFERABLE IF WU COULD BE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT BRITAIN IN THE

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