CONFIDENTIAL
46.
033637
MDHIAN 7718
HKB026/31
RECE
6 NOV 1990
TOF COPY Q DIST?
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 3226
OF 05103OZ NOVEMBER 90
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
Tel ent
fa for 571 5/11
PERSONAL FOR PAUL, HKD FROM GOVERNOR
PEKING PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR
POSSIBLE VISIT TO HONG KONG BY LU PING
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1 WE HAVE HEARD FROM VARIOUS SOURCES THAT LU PING IS INTENDING
TO VISIT HONG KONG BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. HE HAS ALSO
APPLIED FOR A VISA VALID FOR A YEAR.
2. A VISIT BY HIM WOULD BE VERY USEFUL. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH HIM BEFORE MY PROPOSED VISIT TO PEKING IN JANUARY, NOT LEAST THE NEW AIRPORT.
3. WE HAVE ALSO HEARD REPORTS, SOME OF WHICH YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, THAT LU MAY SOON BE TAKING OVER FROM JI PENGFEI AS HEAD OF THE HKMO, AND THAT THIS MAY PREVENT HIM VISITING HONG KONG. EVEN IF THIS IS THE CASE, I THINK IT WOULD STILL BE WORTHWHILE TO LET HIM KNOW THAT I WOULD WELCOME THE CHANCE OF A MEETING WITH HIM.
4. UNLESS YOU OR SIR A DONALD SEE ANY DIFFICULTY WITH THIS, I WOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL IF PEKING COULD PASS A MESSAGE TO LU, TO THE EFFECT THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT HE MAY BE PLANNING TO VISIT HONG KONG BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. (IF NECESSARY, REFERENCE COULD BE MADE TO THE VISA APPLICATION ALTHOUGH IT IS PROBABLY NOT NECESSARY TO BE SPECIFIC. WE HAVE HEARD AS WELL FROM PEOPLE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO DO NOT WANT TO BE QUOTED AS THE SOURCE). A VISIT BY LU WOULD BE WELCOME. IF HE IS COMING, I WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HIM QUIETLY TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST. GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHEN HE IS LIKELY TO BE HERE.
WILSON
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