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1 1 OCT 1979
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FM FCO 101852Z OCT 79
TO PRIORITY PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 595 OF 10 OCTOBER
AND TO PRIORITY PARIS BONN ROME
INFO DS13 MOD (FOR MEHEW)
MIPT: PREMIER HUA'S VISIT: CONTENT OF TALKS
î. THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR, KE HUA, CALLED ON CORTAZZI ON 9
OCTOPER, AT CORTAZZI'S REQUEST, TO DISCUSS PREMIER HUA'S VISIT,
AND IN PARTICULAR THE CONTENT OF THE TALKS.
2. CORTAZZI EXPLAINED THAT WE HAD NOT DISCUSSED WITH THE PRIME
MINISTER THE HANDLING OF THE DISCUSSIONS, PUT BELIEVED IT WOULD
BR FELPFUL TO OUTLINE THE SUBJECTS WE EXPECTED TO BE COVERED. . NOW
THAT WE HOPED TO ARRANGE SEPARATE TALKS FETWEEN LORD CARRINGTON
AND HUANG HUA, SOME OF THE BILATERAL ISSUES COULD DOUPTLESS PE
DISCUSSED ON THAT OCCASION, PATHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO, THE
PRIME MINISTERIAL TALKS.
3. IN GENERAL, THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD PREFER AN INFORMAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS TO FORMAL, LONG STATEMENTS OF KNOWN POSITIONS.
WE SHOULD OF COURSE PRIEF HER ON CHINESE ATTITUDES. IF IN
ADDITION THE CHINESE WISHED TO ENSURE THAT SHE WAS INFORMED OF
THEIR DETAILED POSITIONS ON FARTICULAR ISSUES, WE COULD ARRANGE IN CONSULTATION WITH THEM TO LET HER HAVE A POTE IN WRITING IN
ADVANCE.
4. WE DID NOT PROPOSE TO HAVE A FORMAL AGENDA FOR THE TALKS,
BUT ANTICIPATED THAT INTERNATIONAL ISSUES WOULD BE COVERED IN THE
FIFST SESSION, AND BILATERAL ISSUES IN THE SECOND.
5. ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, WE EXPECTED THAT THE PRIME
MINISTER WOULD WISH TO:
A. EXPLAIN HER VIEWS OF EAST/WEST.RELATIONS, AND
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