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CONFIDENTIAL

GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

香港下亞畢道

FTALMON D

ARK OUR REF.:

* YOUR REF.:

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D. Blunt, Esq., British Embassy, PEKING

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26th April, 1986

Dean dant

Visit to Europe of Xu Jiatun

Your Tel. No. 645 to FCO: apologies.

I enclose a

copy of my letter of 3 April, plus preceding exchanges between David Wilson and myself. I hope this clarifies matters.

c.c.

Dr. D. C. Wilson,

FCO

TIKK 027/16

RECEIVED RESISTRY - 9 MAY 1986

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from

(J. D. I. Boyd) Political Adviser

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CATABO

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SW1A 2AH

Telephone 01-

233 4439

Your reference

Miss Caroline Bower

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Our reference

HKK 027/16

Central Office of Information

Date

28 April 1986

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DEN Caroline,

VISIT BY MR XU JIATUN, NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY, HONG KONG

1.

Further to Mr Hum's letter to you of 18 April 1986 on this subject, I understand that Mr Thomas has since alerted you to the fact that the visit had subsequently been indefinitely postponed.

2.

This letter is just to say that Hong Kong have now confirmed this to be the case; to apologise for troubling you unnecessarily; and to thank you for having agreed to help with the visit when it still seemed certain to go ahead.

You for

Чи

Clit

CE Leeks

Hong Kong Department

сс LJ Watling Esq, Sponsored Visits

Section,

Info Dept

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RECEIVED IN REGI.

30 APR 1986

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