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FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

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OF 041032Z FEBRUARY 91

AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG

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PADS: THE WAY FORWARD

1. POLITICAL ADVISER HANDED A COPY OF THE PADS OPTION PAPER FOR THE 3RD ROUND OF EXPERT TALKS TO YANG YOUYONG OF NCNA ON 4 FEBRUARY. (YANG HAS TODAY REPLACED JI SHAOXIANG AS ACTING HEAD OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. JI IS TO BE POSTED BACK TO PEKING IN ONE MONTH'S TIME).

2. YANG CLAIMED THAT THE MFA AND THE EMBASSY IN PEKING HAD AGREED

THAT JI PENGFEI AND LU PING WOULD VISIT HONG KONG AS GUESTS OF THE HKG FROM 4-6 MARCH CARRIVING FROM MACAU ON 3 MARCH). JI AND LU WOULD THEN STAY IN HONG KONG FROM 7-13 MARCH AS GUESTS OF NCNA, DEPARTING EARLY ON 14 MARCH.

3. GRATEFUL IF PEKING COULD CONFIRM WHETHER THIS HAS INDEED BEEN PUT TO THEM. IF SO, WE WOULD LIKE TO AGREE ON AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE VISIT. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE PRESS INTEREST IN IT.

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