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MMEDIATE
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FM FCO 181205Z
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO IMMEDIATE KUALA LUMPUR TELNO 352 OF 18 OCTOBER
AND TO SINGAPORE MANILA BANGKOK JAKARTA
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RECEIVOD
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INFO PEKING KATHMANDU AND HONG KONG
INDEX
FROM FED
1000973
OFFICES
119/10
REGISTRY Action Taken
VISIT OF THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER
1. MURRAY GAVE A BRIEFING TO ASEAN HEADS OF MISSION ON TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER.
2.
MURRAY SAID THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT WAS A BELATED RETURN FOR THE VISIT TO CHINA BY MR CROSLAND AS FOREIGN SECRETARY IN MAY 1976. IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS THERE HAD BEEN A NUMBER
OF EXCHANGES: VISITS TO CHINA BY MR ENNALS, MR DELL AND MRS WILLIAMS: AND TO THE UK BY LI CH'IANG (MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE ) TANG KE ( MINISTER OF METALLURGY) AND KU MING ( VICE MINISTER IN THE STATE PLANNING COMMISSION ). THESE WOULD PAVE THE WAY FOR HIGHER LEVEL VISITS: THE NEXT WOULD BE VICE PREMIER WANG CHEN WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, FROM 6-16 NOVEMBER. AN INVITATION HAD ALSO BEEN ISSUED TO CHAIRMAN HUA IN HIS CAPACITY AS PREMIER.
THE PROGRAMME
3. HUANG HAD HAD TWO SESSIONS OF OFFICIAL TALKS WITH DR OWEN. THERE HAD ALSO BEEN CALLS ON MR VARLEY, MR HEALEY AND THE PRIME MINISTER. ENTERTAINEMNT HAD INCLUDED A DINNER BY DR OWEN AND A RECEPTION HOSTED BY LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS. CHINESE HOSPITALITY INCLUDED A RECEPTION, FOLLOWED BY A SMALL DINNER FOR DR AND MRS OWEN AND LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS. HUANG*****
ALSO HAD LUNCH WITH THE SINO-BRITISH TRADE COUNCIL AND WITH
MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. (SINCE CHINA WAS NOT A MEMBER
OF THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION THIS VISIT WAS ARRANGED PRIVATELY BY MPS AND PEERS). A DAY WAS SPENT IN CAMBRIDGE, INCLUDING A VISIT TO THE CHINESE LANGUAGE PROJECT AT THE
UNIVERSITY
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