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GRS 350

CONFIDENTIAL

FM PEKING

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 708

OF 050614Z MAY 86

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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HKK 026/2

12 MAY 1986

(50)

YOUR TELNO. 799 TO HONG KONG: MINISTER IN BRUSSELS.

17B 2/5

MEETING WITH THE CHINESE FOREIGN

1. AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR AGREEMENT THAT SHOULD REMAIN IN PEKING NEXT WEEK. IT WILL INDEED BY A VERY BUSY TIME HERE (AMONG OTHER THINGS, SHIR PATRICK AND LADY WRIGHT WILL BE VISITING US).

2. SHALL TELGRAPH MY CONSIDERED VIEWS ON LIKELY CHINESE OBJECTIVES AND TACTICS BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. THINK, HOWEVER, THAT THE CHINESE THEMSELVES WILL HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY IN FORMING VIEWS ON THE BASIS OF WHAT WE HAVE TOLD THEM SO FAR (WHICH DOES NOT AMOUNT TO MORE THAN IS IN THE MESSAGE TO WU XUEQIAN WHICH I DELIVERED TO ZHOU NAN ON 7 APRIL: (MY TELEGRAM NO.496). MAY BE PRESSED THIS WEEK TO EXPAND ON WHAT IS 4N THE MESSAGE. EVEN IF AM NOT, AM SURE THAT THE SUBJECT WILL COME UP WHEN SIR PATRICK WRIGHT CALLS ON ZHOUU NAN ON 15 MAY (IN THIS CONNECTION, ASSUME THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING HIM WITH FAIRLY FULL BRIEFING ABOUT HONG KONG.)

3. ACTED ON YOUR TELEGRAMS NO.369 AND NO.381 WHEN CALLED ON MEN ZHAORONG, THE HEAD OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT OF THE MFA, ON 2 MAY. ON THE DIVISION OF TIME, MEN SAID THAT HE WOULD REPORT, BUT THOUGHT THAT THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM. HE WAS PRETTY SURE THAT WU WOULD WELCOME A CONVERSATION OF ABOUT HALF AN HOUR WITH YOU BEFORE HE TOOK YOU INTO LUNCH. HE WOULD LET ME KNOW WU'S OWN VIEW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

4. ON PARTICIPATION IN THE MEETING, MEN SAID THAT HE WAS GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE NAMES (THOSE OF WILSON AND GALSWORTHY) HAD GIVEN HIM. HE THOUGHT THAT WU WOULD WANT TO RESTRICT PARTICIPATION ON THE CHINESE SIDE ACCORDINGLY. HE MIGHT BE ACCOMPANIED BY TWO ADVISERS (INCLUDING JIANG ENZHU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT) AND AN INTERPRETER. HE DID NOT MENTION THE NAME OF ANY OFFICIAL CONCERNED WITH HONG KONG

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