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FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1145
OF 030629Z JULY 86
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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HONG KONG TELNO.2066 AND YOUR TELNO.1295 TO HONG KONG: VISIT TO PEKING IN AUGUST.
GOVERNOR'S
1. MS MAJOR TOOK ACTION WITH LI CHUANSHENG TODAY AS INSTRUCTED IN SECOND TUR. SHE READ TO HIM THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN PARAGRAPH 2 AND EXPLAINED THE PROPOSED DEFENSIVE LINE IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF FIRST TUR.
2. Lil TOOK NOTE AND UNDERTOOK TO REPORT. HE SAID THAT MR RENTON HAD MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS VISIT TO ZHOU NAN ON 9 JUNE. THIS EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT TOOK THE CHINESE BY SURPRISE. THEY WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF WE HAD ANY SPECIFIC IDEAS ABOUT MEETINGS BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND CHINESE OFFICIALS SO THAT THEY COULD MAKE THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS. MS MAJOR EXPLAINED THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS BEING MADE SOMEWHAT EARLY BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR WOULD BE OUT OF HONG KONG FOR WHILE. OUR AIM AT THE MOMENT WAS TO INFORM THE CHINESE SIDE OF ITS TERMS AND THE LINE WE WOULD TAKE IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES. WE HAD NO SPECIFIC PROPOSALS TO MAKE ABOUT THE VISIT AT PRESENT. WE WOULD BE IN TOUCH AGAIN AS SOON AS WE HAD. LI SAID HE UNDERSTOOD AND WAS GRATEFUL FOR THIS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT. HE LOOKED FORWARD TO RECEIVING OUR PROPOSALS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH DEPT (FE)
DEP/HD/PUSD
PS/MR RENTON
SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
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