CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 0148
OF 181715Z JANUARY 88
CONFIDENTIAL
HUCB a12.
19 JAN 1988
157553
MDHOAN 6853
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YOUR TELNO 235: VISIT TO LONDON BY MARTIN LEE
1.
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR TELEPHONED MARTIN LEE AT HIS HOTEL ON THE MORNING OF 18 JANUARY TO OFFER A MEETING WITH LORD GLENARTHUR FOLLOWED BY A CALL ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE. WHEN LEE ASKED WHETHER THIS WOULD BE ON THE SAME TERMS AS LAST TIME (IE NO NON-LEGCO DELEGATION MEMBERS PRESENT) REDDAWAY CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS THE CASE. 2.
LEE TRIED AGAIN TO REBUT THE ARGUMENT THAT IT WOULD BE NEITHER PRACTICABLE NOR APPROPRIATE FOR MINISTERS TO RECEIVE THE ENTIRE DELEGATION. HE ALSO SOUGHT TO DRAW A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TREATMENT BEING ACCORDED TO LYDIA DUNN AND THAT BEING OFFERED TO HIMSELF. HE CONCLUDED THAT IF OUR OFFER REMAINED THE SAME AS LAST TIME, HE WAS UNABLE TO ACCEPT IT.
3.
REDDAWAY WENT ON TO SAY THAT MCLAREN AND HUM WOULD BE HAPPY TO RECEIVE THE ENTIRE DELEGATION. LEE AGREED ONLY TO CONSULT THE MEMBERS OF HIS DELEGATION AND RING BACK. SO FAR HE HAS NOT DONE SO.
4.
THE QUESTION OF THE RECEPTION ACCORDED TO LEE AND HIS DELEGATION AROSE IN THE COURSE OF THE PRESS BRIEFING WHICH MCLAREN GAVE AT 1530 HOURS LOCAL TODAY. MCLAREN REPLIED ON THE LINES OF MIFT, WHICH WE SHALL FOLLOW IN DEALING WITH ANY FURTHER ENQUIRIES FROM THE PRESS.
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