CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
HAB 026/23
RECEIVED!
10
120245
MDLOAN 9857
FM FCO
DESK
IJEX
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 643
2 6 MAR 1990
OF 231715Z MARCH 90
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, BTC HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 1020: PRESS LINE FOR LORD YOUNG'S VISIT
解
1 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THE PRESS LINE. THE FULLER LINE REFLECTS MINISTER'S WISHES THAT LORD YOUNG'S VISIT
SHOULD BE CLEARLY SEEN TO HAVE SOME POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE,
RATHER THAN TO BE SIMPLY A VISIT BY A SENIOR BUSINESSMAN. GIVEN THE NUMBER OF TIMES LORD YOUNG HAS VISITED CHINA, DESCRIBING HIM AS QUOTE AN OLD FRIEND UNQUOTE OF CHINA DOES NOT TO US SEEM TO STRETCH THE POINT.
2. THERE WILL BE NO (NO) FCO ANNOUNCEMENT AS SUCH, BUT WE ASSUME THAT PEKING WILL HAVE DRAWN ON THIS LINE IN THEIR BRIEFING, AS WE
WILL DO IN RESPONSE TO ENQUIRIES.
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DISTRIBUTION
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MR GILLMORE
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