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OF 041020Z NOVEMBER 91

INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

LONDO

YOUR TELNO 1936: VISIT TO LONDON BY MARTIN LEE (UDHK).

1.

SO FAR AS I KNOW, MARTIN LEE'S CLAIM (PARA 3 OF TUR) THAT SIR E.YOUDE ALWAYS TOOK THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER WITH HIM ON VISITS TO CHINA IS NOT/NOT ACCURATE. MOST OF SIR E.YOUDE'S VISITS TO CHINA TOOK PLACE DURING THE SINO-BRITISH NEGOTIATIONS. ON THESE OCCASIONS, HE WAS ACCOMPANIED ONLY BY THE POLITICAL ADVISER. IN HIS TWO SUBSEQUENT VISITS IN 1986, HE WAS ONLY ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY AND AN INTERPRETER, ALTHOUGH A TDC DELEGATION WAS ALSO PRESENT FOR THE OPENING OF THE TDC OFFICE IN PEKING IN DECEMBER THAT YEAR.

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IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MARTIN LEE WAS THINKING OF LORD

MACLEHOSE'S VISITS IN 1979 TO PEKING AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO CANTON. ON THESE OCCASIONS, HE WAS INDEED ACCOMPANIED BY THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER. ALSO, INCIDENTALLY, BY ME AS POLITICAL ADVISER.

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