TNAG-1462-FCO40-1988-Visits-by-Chinese-officials-to-the-UK--including-visit-by-Hu-1986 — Page 129

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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.

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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↓ ›*

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EVANS

HRK 026/2

RECEWED BY MUGISTRY 1 7 APR 1986

INDEX

REGISTRY merion Taken

A2B17/4

HONG KONG AGREEMENT

LIMITED

HD/HKD

HD/FED

HD/PLANNING STAFF

DEP HD/PUSD

HD/PUSD

RD (MR WALKER)

PS

PS/LADY YOUNG

PS/MR RENTON PS/PUS

SIR W HARD ING

SIR J FREELAND MR WILSON

MR CROWLEY

PUSD

COPIES TO:- MR ROBERTS

MR FIFOOT

MR WOOD

MR PEIRCE

NEWS DEPT

LEGAL ADVISERS

LEGAL ADVISERS

ASSESSMENTS STAFF CABINET OFF IC!

MR MALLABY CABINET OFFICE

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

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