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FM HONG KONG

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING

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CHINESE VISITS TO HONG KONG

REGISTRY

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1. WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING HOW TO MAXIMISE ANY IMPROVEMENT IN THE ATMOSPHERE AFTER OUR UNDERSTANDING ON THE FUTURE POLITICAL STRUCTURE. APART FROM CLOSER COOPERATION ON VBPS AND IN THE JLG, BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD ONCE MORE ACTIVELY SEEK TO ATTRACT SENIOR CHINESE VISITORS TO HONG KONG.

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2. GIVEN THE WIDESPREAD DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE BASIC LAW HERE, IT IS PROBABLY BEST NOT IMMEDIATELY TO PROPOSE HIGH-LEVEL VISITS FROM THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE. BUT IF WU XUEQIAN WERE TO REPLACE JI PENGFEI AT THE NPC, WE SHOULD CONSIDER INVITING HIM FAIRLY SOON.

3. THE ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL FIELDS MAY BE MORE IMMEDIATELY PROMISING. IT WOULD NO DOUBT BE WISE TO AWAIT THE OUTCOME OF THE NPC AND ANY PERSONALITY CHANGES WHICH THAT BRINGS BEFORE ISSUING SPECIFIC INVITATIONS. WITH THAT CAVEAT, THE FOLLOWING MIGHT BE SUITABLE CANDIDATES:

(A) TIAN JIYUN. HE HAS PAID ONE USEFUL VISIT TO HONG KONG IN 1988. WE WOULD SEE VALUE IN INVITING HIM AGAIN. THIS MIGHT NEED TO BE AS ONE STOP IN A LONGER TRIP BY TIAN.

(B) WE MIGHT ALSO CONSIDER THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND TRADE.

(C) IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO HAVE THE AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS ON THE POTENTIAL VALUE OF A VISIT BY ZOU JIAHUA, THE HEAD OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT FIGURE AS SEEN FROM HERE.

(D) AT THE PROVINCIAL LEVEL, NCNA HAVE INDICATED TO US THAT ZHU RONGJI, THE MAJOR OF SHANGHAI, MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PAYING A VISIT AROUND JUNE. WE WOULD WELCOME THIS.

(E) THERE IS AN OUTSTANDING INVITATION FROM ME TO GOVERNOR YE

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