TNAG-1470-FCO40-1999-Visits-by-Chinese-officials-to-Hong-Kong-1986 — Page 43

GRS 140

CONFIDENTIAL

FM PEKING

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 274

CONFIDENTIAL

OF 26041OZ FEBRUARY 86

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG

AKK 027/4 RECEIVED IN la

26 FEB 1986

AZBOG

FOR HONG KONG DEPARTMENT

HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR

YOUR TELNO 135 AND MY TELNO 247: WU XUEQIAN

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1. WE HAVE LEARNED FROM EC COLLEAGUES THAT, AFTER HIS VISIT TO JAPAN IN APRIL, WU WILL BE TRAVELLING TO FINLAND, DENMARK, SWEDEN,: BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG AND IRELAND IN THAT SEQUENCE) IN MAY. HE HAS ALSO AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO A VISIT TO WEST GERMANY IN THE AUTUMN, ALTHOUGH NO DATES HAVE BEEN SET.

2. THE TOUR OF NORTHERN EUROPE PERHAPS OFFERS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR A STOP-OVER IN LONDON ON WU'S RETURN JOURNEY TO PEKING. THE DATES OF THE VISIT TO IRELAND ARE 26-29 MAY. FROM DUBLIN WU WILL PRESUMABLY RETURN HERE, EITHER VIA PARIS OR VIA LONDON.

3. THIS IS THE SUBSTANTIVE ANSWER TO YOUR TUR. 1. SHALL NOT

TELEGRAPH AGAIN UNLESS HEAR ABOUT ANY CHANGES TO WU'S TRAVEL PLANS

FOR MAY.

EVANS

LIMITED

HKD

FED

PS

PS/MR. RENTON

PS/PUS

MR. WILSON

SIR. W. HARDING

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