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FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 176
OF 120136Z JULY 91
INFO IMMEDIATE FCO
INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM AMBASSADOR
UKREP JLG PERSONAL FOR GALSWORTHY
PADS SECRET
YOUR TELNO 130:
8
TOP COPY Q DIST?
063053 MDHIAN 5190
PROPOSED MEETING WITH LU PING IN HONG KONG
1. I SPOKE TO CHEN ZIYING ON THE TELEPHONE THIS MORNING (12 JULY).
I SAID I HAD REPORTED MY CONVERSATION WITH LU PING ON 10 JULY TO YOU, AND THAT YOU HAD ASKED ME TO EXPLAIN THAT IF LU PING WANTED A MEETING BEFORE YOU LEFT FOR THE UK, THE ONLY DAY WHICH WOULD REALLY SUIT YOU WOULD BE SATURDAY 20 JULY. I ADDED THAT SINCE SUCH A MEETING WOULD TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE MOU WAS SIGNED AND CAME INTO EFFECT, IT WOULD BE BEST TO KEEP IT LOW PROFILE AND HOLD IT AT FANLING, THOUGH YOU WOULD SEE NO HARM IN LU'S VISIT BECOMING PUBLICLY KNOWN.
2. CHEN ZIYING, WHO CLEARLY KNEW ABOUT MY EARLIER CONVERSATION WITH LU PING, SAID HE WOULD PASS ON THESE POINTS TO LU WHEN HE SAW HIM TODAY. HE ADDED THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WERE GIVING ''POSITIVE CONSIDERATION''
TO THE IDEA OF A MEETING BETWEEN YOU AND LU PING, BUT DID NOT SAY WHETHER THEY ATTACHED IMPORTANCE TO ITS TAKING PLACE NEXT MONTH.
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