TNAG-2471-FCO40-3595-Confidential-talks-between-the-UK-and-China-regarding-financ-1992 — Page 38

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

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INFO DESKBY 14070OZ PEKING

INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG

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PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS, HKD. PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR.

UKREP JLG: PERSONAL FOR GALSWORTHY

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PEKING TELNO 19′ AND OUR TELNO 10: CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL DIALOGUE: MEETING ON 17 FEBRUARY.

WE NEED TO HAVE A DEFENSIVE LINE IN CASE THE PRESS GET WIND OF THE MEETING. IF ASKED, WE PROPOSE TO SAY THAT OFFICIALS FROM MONETARY AFFAIRS BRANCH MEET FROM TIME TO TIME WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS TO KEEP THEM INFORMED ABOUT ON-GOING DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG, AND THAT THIS IS ONE OF SUCH MEETINGS. IF THE CALL ON CHEN YUAN (PARA 2 OF SECOND TUR) CAN BE ARRANGED, WE CAN MENTION HIM BY NAME, WHICH WAS THE LINE SUGGESTED BY CHEN ZUOER AT THE LAST MEETING (PARA 2 OF OUR TELNO 3659 OF 1991).

2. ON PARA 2 OF FIRST TUR, THE TEAM IS OF COURSE DELIGHTED TO ACCEPT WANG QIREN'S INVITATION TO DINNER ON 17 FEBRUARY.

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