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FM PEKING

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 552

OF 160812Z APRIL 86

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG

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YOUR TELNO. 297 :

WU XUEQIAN.

I CALLED ON MEI ZHAORONG, THE HEAD OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING.

2. I CONVEYED THE MESSAGE IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF YOUR TELEGRAM AND ASKED TO BE TOLD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ABOUT THE TIMING OF WU'S INVITATION. MEI SAID THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO CONSULT WU. WU WOULD BE IN TOKYO FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK, BUT HE (MEI) HOPED TO HAVE AN ANSWER FOR ME AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK-5 »

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EVANS

HKK 02612.

REC

:D IN REGISTRY

- 9 MAY 1986

HONG KONG AGREEMENT

in Yaken

1AB915

LIMITED

HD/HKD

HD/FED

HD/PLANNING STAFF

DEP HD/PUSD

HD/PUSD

RD (MR WALKER)

COPIES TO:- MR ROBERTS MR FIFOOT

MR WOOD

MR PEIRCE

MR MALLABY

NEWS DEPT

LEGAL ADVISERS LEGAL ADVISERS

ASSESSMENTS STAFF CABINET OFFICE

CABINET OFFICE

MR DRC CHRISTOPHER CABINET OFFICE SIR P CRADOCK NO 10 DOWNING STREET

PS

PS/LADY YOUNG

PS/MR RENTON

PS/PUS

SIR W HARDING

SIR J FREELAND

MR WILSON

MR CROWLEY

PUSD

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