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FM PEKING
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IMMEDIATE F C O
TELNO 1091
OF 100818Z JULY 91
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG
HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR/POLAD.
M I PT. POSSIBLE VISIT BY LU PING TO LONDON.
1.
DURING MY CALL ON 10 JULY, LU PING MENTIONED THAT HE HOPED
TO BE VISITING LONDON IN A PRIVATE CAPACITY TO MAKE A SPEECH ON
16 SEPTEMBER. I SAID THAT IF HE WENT AND COULD SPARE SOME
ADDITIONAL TIME I WAS SURE WE WOULD WANT TO ARRANGE SOME MEETINGS
FOR HIM. LU SAID HE WOULD WELCOME THIS.
COMMENT.
2. LU PING IS LIKELY TO REMAIN A KEY FIGURE ON HONG KONG MATTERS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. IF HE IS GOING TO GO TO LONDON (I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY PREVIOUS VISITS, AT ANY RATE IN RECENT YEARS) I HOPE WE CAN OFFER HIM A GOOD PROGRAMME. SOME HIGH LEVEL ATTENTION NOW COULD PAY DIVIDENDS IN THE FUTURE. IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF LORD CAITHNESS COULD OFFER A MEAL. I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND A BRIEF CALL ON YOU IF YOU ARE IN THE UK (THOUGH THIS WOULD CLEARLY DEPEND TO SOME EXTENT ON WHAT ANSWER WE GIVE TO THE CHINESE PROPOSAL FOR A VISIT BY QIAN QICHEN A FEW DAYS LATER).
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SIR P CRADOCK (NO 10)
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