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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1306
OF 20100OZ APRIL 90
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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ни 026121
RECEIVED IN
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OUR TELNO 722: CHINESE VISITS TO HONG KONG..
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- 3 MAY 1990
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1 IN PARA 6 OF TUR, WE NOTED THAT CONSIDERATION WAS BEING GIVEN TO RESTARTING THE SPONSORED VISIT PROGRAMME.
2. ACCORDING TO THE PROGRAMME OF VISITS AGREED WITH THE CHINESE SIDE, THE NEXT VISIT TO TAKE PLACE SHOULD BE LED BY MR RONG KONG, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR, SECOND DEPARTMENT, HKMO, STATE COUNCIL. RONG ACCEPTED THE INVITATION IN FEBRUARY 1989, AND PROPOSED THAT THE VISIT SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1989. WHILST THERE HAS BEEN NO FORMAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE CHINESE SIDE ON THE VISIT SINCE THE EVENTS OF JUNE LAST YEAR, JI SHAOXIANG OF NCNA ASKED LING, AS THE WELCOME RECEPTION FOR GUO FENGMIN LAST MONTH, WHEN THE PROGRAMME WOULD BE REACTIVATED. ALTHOUGH TECHNICALLY THE BALL IS IN THE CHINESE COURT, WE THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, IN THE MARGINS OF JLG XV TO MAKE CLEAR TO THE CHINESE THAT WE SEE GREAT VALUE IN A CONTINUATION OF THE SPONSORED VISIT PROGRAMME AND WOULD BE PLEASED TO RECEIVE A FURTHER PARTY FROM THE CHINESE SIDE AS SOON AS THIS CAN BE ARRANGED. WE MIGHT ALSO ENQUIRE WHETHER MR RONG WOULD STILL BE INTERESTED IN VISITING HONG KONG, DR WHETHER THEY HAVE SOMEONE ELSE IN MIND TO LEAD THE NEXT CHINESE TEAM.
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