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020/393/21 OF 23 AUGUST 1990

FOLLOWING FOR WILSON FUNG, CA B, HONG KONG

COPIED TO:

MS. P. MAJOR, H K D, F C O

G.H. LEICESTER, UKREP JLG, HONG KONG

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HONG KONG TELNO 72. KEGAL STUDY VISIT.

1.

I DULY CALLED ON LI HEPING, DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE LIAISON SECTION OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AT THE M O J, ON

22 AUGUST. LI CONFIRMED WHAT HE HAD TOLD PERRY KELLER ABOUT TIMING FOR THE NEXT CHINESE VISIT TO HONG KONG.

2. I EXPLAINED TO LI THAT, OF THE TWO TIMINGS SUGGESTED BY THE CHINESE SIDE, FOR PRACTICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REASONS HKG WOULD PREFER THE VISIT TO TAKE PLACE IN MID-NOVEMBER. I ALSO EXPLAINED THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO KNOW THE AREAS OF INTEREST OF THE CHINESE DELEGATION BEFORE AGREEING PRECISE DATES.

3 LI SAID THAT THE M O J WOULD CONSIDER THESE TWO POINTS AND GIVE ME A RESPONSE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. HE THEN ASKED WHETHER THE HONG KONG SIDE INTENDED TO PAY ANOTHER LEGAL STUDY VISIT TO CHINA THIS YEAR. ORIGINALLY IT HAD BEEN AGREED THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD MAKE ONE VISIT AND THE HONG KONG SIDE ONE OR TWO VISITS A YEAR. IN FACT, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, THE HONG KONG SIDE HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE ANY VISIT IN 1989. DURING THE VISIT IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, ALAN PIERCE HAD COMMENTED THAT THE HONG KONG SIDE WERE THINKING OF A FURTHER VISIT IN OCTOBER.

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A VISIT BY THE HONG KONG SIDE WOULD BE WELCOME AT ANY TIME DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR.

4. I CONFESSED I WAS UNSIGHTED ON THIS. GRATEFUL FOR ANY INDICATION OF YOUR THINKING WHICH I COULD PASS ON TO LI.

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I AM COPYING THIS TELELETTER TO MS. P. AND TO G.H. LEICESTER, UKREP JLG, HONG

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