TNAG-1470-FCO40-1999-Visits-by-Chinese-officials-to-Hong-Kong-1986 — Page 86

CONFIDENTIAL

GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

布政司署

香港下亞厘畢道

DIEU

*** OUR REF.:

來函檔號 YOUR REF.:

J.N. Powell, Esq

HKD, FCO

Dear Jayfathan.

3 February 1986

du Galzwony dr Layden 11/

Low Ping

Siven in company was luck

Lucky to get a ward in

•Dywys!

h.

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Visit of Lu Ping

I enclose a record of the conversation with Lu Ping at the dinner which John Boyd gave for him on 27 January. Lu was accompanied by Shao Tianren from the delegation, and by Ji Shaoxiang and Li Ruohe of NCNA. On our side, in addition to John, Michael Thomas, David Ford and I were present.

2. As you will see, this follows the general pattern of our previous encounters during his visit, with Lu doing a lot of listening, some nodding and not much talking. Our efforts to smoke him out on the Chinese thinking about the content of Basic Law have got nowhere.

Yours eve

Richard

(R.P. Margolis)

Deputy Political Adviser

3.2.86

CC:

D.G. Blunt, Esq HM Embassy, Peking

MAR 027/4

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

12 FEB 1986

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