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GRS 339

CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELNO 377

OF 301800Z APRIL 86

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG

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- 6 MAY 1986

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YOUR TELNO 661: VISIT BY HU YAOBANG

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1. LORD STOCKTON WILL HOST A DINNER AND CULTURAL EVENING AT

BALLIOL. WE HAVE TOLD THE CHINESE EMBASSY, WHO WERE PLEASED.

WE MAY BE ABLE TO ARRANGE AN AFTER-DINNER SPEECH BY LORD STOCKTON

AND TV COVERAGE.

2. WE ARE ARRANGING A SEPARATE PROGRAMME FOR LI PENG FOR ABOUT

4 HOURS ON 9 JUNE. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE A MEETING WITH

MR CHANNON, A LUNCH HOSTED BY MR PETER WALKER AND A MEETING WITH

SENIOR INDUSTRIALISTS. WE AWAIT A RESPONSE FROM THE EMBASSY.

UNFORTUNATELY, SIR KEITH JOSEPH IS NOT AVAILABLE ON 9 JUNE:

WE ARE TRYING TO FIT IN A MEETING WITH LI ON 11 JUNE.

3. FEI XIAOTONG WISHES TO GIVE A LECTURE AT LSE. WE ARE

TRYING TO ARRANGE.

4.

PLEASE SEND SHEET MUSIC (PLUS RECORD/CASSETTE IF POSSIBLE)

OF SOME CHINESE MILITARY OR FOLK MUSIC WHICH THE SCOTS GUARDS

MIGHT PLAY IN THE FCO COURTYARD.

5. WE HAVE ASKED THE EMBASSY FOR THE FOLLOWING PERSONAL

DETAILS OF HU (AND OTHER LEADERS WHERE APPROPRIATE):

ANY HISTORICAL AND COMTEMPORARY BRITISH PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS

IN WHICH HE IS INTERESTED/ADMIRES (SOME MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH

PLACES HE VISITS).

B.

C.

D.

FAVOURITE CHINESE WRITERS/POEMS.

MUSICAL TASTES

PERSONAL AND NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN RECENT YEARS IN CHINA

IN WHICH HE TAKES MOST SATISFACTION.

E. SPECIAL INTERESTS AND HOBBIES, INCLUDING FAMILY MEMBERS

(SOME SMALL, UNOSTENTATIOUS GIFTS, POSSIBLY FROM OTHER ORGANISAT-

IONS AND PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE VISIT, COULD RELATE TO THEM).

GRATEFUL FOR ANYTHING YOU CAN ELICIT IN PARALLEL FROM MFA OR

OTHER CONTACTS.

6. GRATEFUL (FOR BACKGROUND BRIEFING) FOR TEXTS IN ENGLISH OF

ANY SIGNIFICANT RECENT ESSAYS BY MARXIST SCHOLARS SUCH AS

DENG WEIZHI (FROM SHANGHAI XINHUA STORY 75 OF 14 MARCH).

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HKD

CRD

PROTOCOL DEPT

NEWS DEPT

INAL

PLANNING STAFF

MR WILSON

SIR W HARDING

COPIES TO:

SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST MR WATT, GHF

MR CRUICKSHANK, OT2, DTI (VIKTORIA SÀ MR P MACLEAN, EAD/ODA

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