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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1416
OF 01103OZ MAY 90
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
051164
MDLIAN 7549
'ST & PMB cadal
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MAY 1990
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MY TELNO 1400 AND EHRMAN'S T/L OF 30 APRIL TO DAVIES (PEKING):
CHINESE VISITS TO HONG KONG
1. WE NOW HAVE A NEW VICE-MINISTER IN THE CHINESE MFA, TIAN ZENGPEI, RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG AFFAIRS. HE HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY DEALT WITH HONG KONG. I WOULD SEE VALUE IN TRYING TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO PAY A VISIT AT AN EARLY DATE, BOTH TO INTRODUCE HIM TO THE TERRITORY AND TO SHOW THAT OUR RELATIONS OVER HONG KONG ARE RETURNING TO NORMAL. AS WITH OTHER SENIOR CHINESE HE MIGHT
INITIALLY FIND IT EASIER TO FIT IN A VISIT HERE ON THE WAY TO
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
2. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS AND THOSE OF PEKING. IF YOU SEE NO OBJECTION, WE COULD EITHER PUT THIS PROPOSAL TO THE CHINESE THROUGH NONA OR SIR ALAN DONALD COULD DO THE SAME IN PEKING. THE LATTER MIGHT BE EASIER, PARTICULARLY IF IT COULD BE DONE IN PERSON AND THUS AVOID ATTRACTING BUREAUCRATIC ADVICE ON ITS WAY UP TO TIAN'S
LEVEL.
3. I HOPE THAT TIAN CAN BE PERSUADED TO PICK UP THIS IDEA. IT WAS
AN ABSURD ANOMALY THAT ZHOU NAN NEVER CAME HERE UNTIL HE WAS CLOSE
TO GIVING UP HIS MFA JOB.
WILSON
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