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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1161
OF 291513Z JUL 92
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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HONG KONG FOR POLITICAL ADVISER
FROM DAVIES, FED
VISIT OF AMBASSADOR MA TO HONG KONG
1. I SPOKE TO MA ON THE LINES PROPOSED ON 29 JULY.
2. MA SAID THAT HE WAS ALREADY AWARE THROUGH NCNA OF THE GOVERNOR'S KIND INVITATION TO DINNER ON 4 AUGUST. HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT THIS MIGHT BE ON THE LADY MAURINE, BUT SAID THAT HE WAS GREATLY HONOURED BY THIS SUGGESTION AND ACCEPTED GRATEFULLY. HE LAUGHED OFF ANY SEA LEGS PROBLEM. HE WAS MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE GOVERNOR AGAIN. I SAID THAT THE GOVERNOR RECIPROCATED AND WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD TALK. MA SAID THAT THIS WAS HIS HOPE TOO.
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I WENT ON TO PROPOSE A LUNCH GIVEN BY TONY AND JAN GALSWORTHY, AND THE HELICOPTER TOUR ON 3 AUGUST. MA MADE CLEAR THAT HE REGARDED NCNA AS BEING IN CHARGE OF HIS PROGRAMME. HE EMPHASISED THAT HIS VISIT TO HONG KONG WAS VERY PRIVATE. I THINK THAT HE WAS ATTRACTED BY THE HELICOPTER RIDE BUT RE-EMPHASISED THAT NCNA WOULD MAKE ALL HIS PROGRAMME ARRANGEMENTS AND HE WOULD BE BOUND BY THEIR ADVICE. I SAID THAT, BY CONTACTING HIM AS I HAD, I NEVERTHELESS WISHED TO ENSURE THAT HE WAS FULLY AWARE OF WHAT WAS ON OFFER. HE STRESSED THAT HE WAS INDEED VERY GRATEFUL.
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COMMENT: MA WAS DETERMINED TO BE NONCOMMITTAL. YOU WILL NO DOUBT NOW WISH TO TRY TO FIT YOUR PROPOSALS INTO NCNA'S PROGRAMME FOR MA.
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