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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UK REP JLG HONG KONG

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YOUR TELNO 1269: VISIT OF SIR EDWARD HEATH TO PEKING: SEPTEMBER

1992

1. I AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE SENSIBLE TO TRY TO MAKE USE OF SIR

EDWARD HEATH'S VISIT TO PEKING IN LATE SEPTEMBER. I MAY GIVE HIM

AT LEAST AN OUTLINE OF MY THINKING ON THE KEY ISSUES WHILE HE IS

HERE. BUT I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD NOT TRY TO USE HIM TO SELL THE PACKAGE TO THE CHINESE, BUT RATHER TO IMPRESS UPON THEM MY WISH TO HAVE A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH SENIOR CHINESE

OFFICIALS AND MY WILLINGNESS TO SPEAK FRANKLY TO THEM ONCE SUCH A

RELATIONSHIP IS ESTABLISHED.

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AS YOU SAY, I WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK THINGS THROUGH WITH

SIR EDWARD WHILE HE IS IN HONG KONG. I WOULD OF COURSE BE

GRATEFUL IF MINISTERS WERE ABLE TO FIND TIME TO GIVE HIM A

BRIEFING BEFORE HE LEFT LONDON. THE POINT TO EMPHASISE FROM THE LONDON END IS THE ONE THE PRIME MINISTER MADE TO LI PENG, I.E. THAT WHEN THE CHINESE ARE SPEAKING TO ME, IT IS ALMOST THE SAME AS SPEAKING TO THE PRIME MINISTER HIMSELF, AND THAT WHAT I SAY TO THEM WILL HAVE THE FULL BACKING OF HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT.

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