CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELNO 126
OF 31100OZ DECEMBER 90
INFO PRIORITY FCO
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PEKING TELNOS 108 AND 109: PADS : THE WAY FORWARD
1 IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT LU PING WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE HIM,
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I SEE LITTLE BENEFIT IN THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY GOING TO PEKING
AT THE SAME TIME AS THE EXPERTS TEAM. GRATEFUL IF PEKING COULD LET THE CHINESE KNOW THIS AFTER THE HOLIDAY.
2. THE CHINESE PRESS RELEASE HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN HONG KONG. WE ARE RELEASING OUR OWN VERSION WITH MARGINALLY ALTERED WORDINGS AS
FOLLOWS:
**A SECOND ROUND OF TALKS BETWEEN CHINESE EXPERTS AND EXPERTS FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL BE HELD
WE HAVE ALSO REMOVED THE SUPERFLUOUS ADJECTIVE 'HIGH RANKING'
FROM MR ZHOU ZHENXING.
3. THERE IS LIKELY TO BE PRESS QUESTIONING HERE ON ''WHY THE FS IS NOT LEADING THE TEAM''. WE WILL ANSWER THIS BY POINTING OUT THAT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY INTENTION THAT HE SHOULD LEAD (DESPITE PRESS SPECULATION) THAT THE HKG TEAM AT THE FIRST ROUND WAS LEAD AT SECRETARY LEVEL BY SES: THAT THIS TEAM IS ALSO LEAD AT SECRETARY LEVEL: AND THAT HAMISH MACLEOD IS THE APPROPRIATE SECRETARY GIVEN THAT THIS ROUND IS LIKELY TO FOCUS ON FINANCIAL ASPECTS.
WILSON
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