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GRS 370

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FM HONG KONG

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 2181

OF O8D245Z JUNE 87

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PEKING TELNO 1018: TRANSIT OF HONG KONG BY CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER

JB SHAOX MANG OF NCNA CALLED ON THE POLITICAL ADVISER ON

6 JUNE. NCNA HAD BEEN GIVEN A FULL REPORT ON THE MEETING RECORDED

IN TUR.

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CLIFT SAND HE WOULD MEET WU AND KAH TAK WHEN HE ARRIVED ON 21 JUNE AND WOULD ACCOMPANY HIM IN THE HELICOPTER TO FANLING. (CP 007 ARRIVES AT 1715) THIS WOULD LEAVE FOUR OTHER SEATS. JH SUGGESTED THAT THESE BE TAKEN BY NCNA VICE-DIRECTOR L4 CHUWEN, TWO OF WU'S COLLEAGUES AND WU'S SECURITY GUARD. (J# HAS SUBSEQUENTLY INFORMED US THAT XU HATUN WILL WISH TO GREET WU AND TAKE THE HELICOPTER TRAP. L CHUWEN WISHES TO ATTEND THE MEETHING

AT FANLING).

3. J CONFLAMED THAT NCNA WOULD MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE REST OF WU'S PARTY TO TRAVEL DIRECT TO SHENZHEN. HE ALSO PREFERRED NCNA TO PROVIDE A CAR FOR WU TO GO FROM FANLING TO SHENZHEN, (AS THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CROSS THE BORDER DIRECTLY, WHICH A HKG CAR WOULD NOT).

4. WE AGREED TO PROVIDE AN INTERPRETER AT FANLING, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SECURITY COVERAGE. WE ALSO AGREED TO ARRANGE FOR THE BORDER CROSSING POINT AT MAN KAM TO TO BE KEPT OPEN BEYOND THE USUAL CLOSING TIME OF 2000 IF THAT PROVED NECESSARY.

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HIN DISCUSSING THE SORT OF HOSPITALITY WHICH WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, Jh SUGGESTED THAT DRINKS AND LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WOULD

J ADDED BE ADEQUATE, SINCE WU WOULD BE HAVING SUPPER IN SHENZHEN. THAT WU WISHED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO STICK BY HIS ORIGINAL PROGRAMME, BUT HE DID NOT HAVE EXACT DETAILS. WE AGREED PROVISIONALLY THAT WU WOULD DEPART FROM FANLING AT ABOUT 2000.

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