TNAG-2143-FCO40-3062-Hong-Kong-Port-and-Airport-Development-Strategy-(PADS)-1990 — Page 204

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OUR TELNO 2785: PADS: EXPERT DISCUSSIONS

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014131 MDHIAN 9103

1. WE SHOULD PERHAPS CLARIFY THAT WE DO NOT (NOT) MEAN THAT LORD CAITHNESS SHOULD REFER TO OUR INVITATION TO CHINESE EXPERTS, WHICH WE HAVE NOW PUT TO NCNA, IN HIS ARRIVAL STATEMENT. RATHER, THE INTENTION WAS TO FOREWARN HIM SO THAT HE COULD REFER TO IT IN RESPONSE TO THE SORT OF PRESS QUESTIONS WHICH ARE INEVITABLE AT SOME POINT IN HIS VISIT, INCLUDING QUITE LIKELY DAY ONE, IN LIGHT OF THE PUBLICITY GIVEN HERE TO JI'S REMARKS ABOUT (QUOTE) BRITISH EXPERTS (UNQUOTE) VISITING PEKING.

2. WE OURSELVES PROPOSE TO MAKE KNOWN THE INVITATION IN A SIMILAR MANNER. A GOVERNMENT PRESS SPOKESMAN WILL SAY TOMORROW, IN RESPONSE TO THE MANY PRESS ENQUIRIES WE HAVE BEEN GETTING ABOUT OUR REACTION TO JI PENGFEI'S STATEMENT, THAT WE WOULD WELCOME A VISIT TO HONG KONG BY CHINESE EXPERTS TO SEE OUR AIRPORT PLANS, VISIT VARIOUS SITES AND HOLD DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR OWN EXPERTS. IF PRESSED, WE WILL STATE THAT WE HAVE SPOKEN ACCORDINGLY TO THE CHINESE.

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