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FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 1724

OF 041025Z JUNE 86

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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FOR HUM, HKD, FROM GOVERNOR.

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YOUR TELNO 1000 AND PEKING TELNO 921 :. MY VISIT TO LONDON AND

PEKING IN SEPTEMBER.

1. INFORMED EXCO YESTERDAY OF THE PROPOSAL THAT AND THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS SHOULD VISIT LONDON IN SEPTEMBER AND OF THE SUGGESTION THAT MIGHT ALSO VISHT PEKING EN ROUTE FOR TALKS WITH

THE CHINESE. THEY WELCOMED THE IDEA OF A VISIT TO LONDON AND WERE

GRATEFUL TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR

AGREEING TO SEE THEM.

2. THEY WERE HOWEVER CONCERNED THAT IF | VISITED PEKING EN ROUTE

TO LONDON, THIS MIGHT LEAD TO SPECULATION THAT SOME MAJOR NEW MOVE WAS UNDER DISCUSSION WITH THE CHINSES, AND BETWEEN EXCO AND

MINISTERS. THEY SUGGESTED THAT THE TWO VISITS SHOULD BE SEPARATED.

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3. AGREE THAT THIS ARRANGEMENT WOULD BE PREFERABLE.

LEAVE ON AUGUST 23. IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR ME TO FLY TO PEKING

ON FRIDAY, 29 AUGUST, SPEND THE WEEKEND AT CHENGTEH (WITH THE

AMBASSADOR IF HE IS FREE) AND BE AVA ALBE FOR MEETINGS IN PEKING ON

1 SEPTEMBER AND MOST OF 2 SEPTEMBER BEFORE RETURING TO HONG KONG

ON THE LATE AFTERNOON CPA FLIGHT. WOULD ARRIVE IN LONDON WITH THE

UNOFFICIALS ON 9 SEPTEMBER, AIMING TO LEAVE ON THE EVENING OF 12

OR 13 SEPTEMBER.

4. AGREE WITH THE AMBASSADOR THAT THE VISIT TO PEKING SHOULD BE

PRESENTED PRIMARILY AS A VISIT TO SEE HIM AND THAT I WOULD NEED TO

CALL ON ZHOU NAN. INDEED ZHOU NAN IS ONCE AGAIN MOVING TO CENTRE

STAGE. HE PLAYED THE LEAD ROLE IN THE MEETING OF THE BASIC LAW

DRAFTING COMMITTEE SPECIAL GROUP IN SHENZHEN LAST WEEKEND. (MY

TELNOS 1678 AND 1682).

5. WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF THESE REVISED PROPOSALS WOULD

BE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU AND PEKING.

YOUDE

Limited

HKD

PS

PS/MR RENTON Pslpus

SiR W. HARDING MR Wilson

HKK 026/4

RECEIVED IN NEČISTRY

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