TNAG-2046-FCO40-2916-Visits-by-Lord-Young--Deputy-Chairman-of-the-Conservative-Pa-1990 — Page 10

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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

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.

HURD

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ΜΑΙΝ

LIMITED

FED

HKD

NEWS D

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30

DISTRIBUTION

30

PS/MR MAUDE

MR GILLMORE

MR MCLAREN

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