TNAG-1888-FCO40-2681-Visits-from-Hong-Kong-and-China-to-the-UK-1989 — Page 23

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1 JI SHAOXIANG OF NCNA HAS INFORMED US THAT XU JIATUN, JI HIMSELF 24/10

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AND A SECRETARY PLAN TO VISIT THE UK FOR ABOUT 7 DAYS IN THE LATTER HALF OF NOVEMBER. THEY WOULD TRAVEL TO THE FRG FIRST AND TRANSIT FRANCE ON THE WAY BACK. THIS WOULD BE XU'S FIRST EVER VISIT TO EUROPE. XU OBTAINED PERMISSION FROM THE STATE COUNCIL FOR THIS VISIT IN APRIL BUT THEN HAD TO POSTPONE IT BECAUSE OF THE EVENTS OF THE EARLY SUMMER. JI IS CONFIDENT THAT IT CAN BE REINSTATED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY, BUT HAS ASKED THAT WE SHOULD KEEP IT CLOSELY TO OURSELVES FOR THE TIME BEING CHE EVEN ASKED US NOT TO INFORM KE ZAISHUO).

2. THE VISIT WILL BE PERSONAL AND PRIVATE. XU WILL BE THE GUEST OF

THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR.

3. JI HINTED THAT XU MIGHT WELCOME A PRIVATE MEETING WITH A SUITABLY SENIOR INTERLOCUTOR WHILE IN LONDON. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF MR MAUDE WERE ABLE TO SEE HIM. WE NEED TO USE SUCH OPPORTUNITIES TO RESTORE A MORE NORMAL WORKING RELATIONSHIP ON HONG KONG MATTERS. I AM PLANNING TO SEE XU MYSELF SOON, ONCE THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS QUESTION IS SATISFACTORILY DEALT WITH.

4. WE WILL SEND PRECISE DATES OF XU'S STAY IN THE UK WHEN WE RECEIVE

HIS VISA APPLICATION.

5. YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT XU PLANNED A SIMILAR VISIT IN, WE THINK, 1986 BUT IT WAS ABORTED AT A LATE STAGE.

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