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TELNO 185
OF 18004OZ JULY 91
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HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR.
UKREP JLG HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GALSWORTHY.
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MY TELNO 184. PROPOSED MEETING WITH LU PING IN HONG KONG.
1. I TELEPHONED CHEN ZIYING THIS MORNING. HE HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME ON 17 JULY WHEN I WAS INCOMMUNICADO AT THE P5 CAMBODIA TALKS.
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CHEN REFERRED TO MY SUGGESTION THAT LU PING AND THE GOVERNOR MIGHT MEET IN HONG KONG ON SATURDAY 20 JULY. UNFORTUNATELY THIS WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR LU PING, WHO HAD OTHER BUSINESS THAT DAY. AS ALTERNATIVES LU WISHED TO PROPOSE EITHER FRIDAY 26 JULY OR SATURDAY 27 JULY. HE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE MEETING MIGHT TAKE PLACE IN SHENZHEN RATHER THAN HONG KONG.
3. I POINTED OUT THAT WHEN I HAD SPOKEN TO CHEN EARLIER, I HAD EXPLAINED THAT IF THERE WAS TO BE A MEETING BEFORE YOU WENT TO THE UK 20 JULY WAS THE ONLY DATE WHICH WOULD REALLY SUIT YOU. I THOUGHT IT UNLIKELY THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO MANAGE EITHER OF THE TWO ALTERNATIVES SUGGESTED BY LU SINCE LORD CAITHNESS WOULD BE IN HONG KONG FOR THE WHOLE OF THE WEEK BEGINNING 22 JULY AND IT WAS IN ANY CASE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO YOUR DEPARTURE. I WOULD, HOWEVER, PUT LU PING'S SUGGESTIONS TO YOU URGENTLY.
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IT IS TIRESOME THAT THE CHINESE HAVE IGNORED MY CLEAR MESSAGE TO CHEN ZIYING THAT 20 JULY WAS THE ONLY DAY YOU COULD MANAGE BEFORE YOUR DEPARTURE, AND THAT THEY HAVE FURTHER COMPLICATED MATTERS BY SUGGESTING A MEETING IN SHENZHEN. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT REPLY YOU WISH ME TO MAKE.
MCLAREN.
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