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FOR LAYDEN, HKD, FROM GOVERNOR

SENIOR CHINESE VISITORS TO HONG KONG

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I CONSULTED EXCO ON 24 NOVEMBER ABOUT ENCOURAGING FUTURE VISITS TO HONG KONG BY SENIOR CHINESE VISITORS. THE NAMES PUT TO

THEM WERE:

2.

A) ZHOU NAN (IN EARLY 1987

YOUR TELNO 2531)

B) WU XUEQIAN (A STOPOVER AS PART OF A WIDER TOUR)

C) TIAN JIYUN

D) LI PENG (BUT NOT WHILE THE DAYA BAY ISSUE WAS STILL FRESH)

E) CHEN MUHUA

F) ZHENG TUOBIN

G) WU WENYING (MINISTER OF TEXTILE TRADE, WHO NEARLY VISITED

US IN EARLY 1985).

EXCO WERE BROADLY CONTENT WITH THESE IDEAS BUT WANTED TO EXAMINE MORE CLOSELY THE QUESTION OF THE TIMING OF A VISIT BY

ZHOU NAN, WE SHALL THEREFORE PREPARE A FURTHER PAPER, LOOKING AT

THE PROS AND CONS OF A VISIT BEFORE OR AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE

GREEN PAPER.

3. IN THIS CONNEXION IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHEN YOU THINK

THE SECRETARY OF STATE MIGHT NEXT BE SEEING ZHOU, 1 NOTE THAT HE

WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE ANOTHER INTERVIEW WITH HIM WITHOUT INVITING HIM HERE. ALSO, SINCE I AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF ZHOU CAME HERE AS PART OF A WIDER OVERSEAS TRIP, IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO KNOW IF PEKING ARE AWARE OF ANY FORTHCOMING TRAVEL

PROSPECTS.

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