GRS 210
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DESKBY 27080OZ
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124
COP›
FROM PEKING 27055OZ MAR 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
HKCK
BCEIVED
027/2
IN CISTRY
27 MAR 1924
TELEGRAM NUMBER 575 OF 27/3/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
DA
Thur
FOLLOWING FOR NEWS DEPARTMENT AND HONG KONG DEPARTMENT
YOUR TEL NO 265: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT
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1. AT THE TABLE THIS MORNING, I TOLD ZHOU NAN THAT YOU
INTENDED TO MAKE A BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE SECRETARY OF STATSS
VISIT TO EAST ASIA ON 29 MARCH AND THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ELA-
BOARATE ON THIS AT MY DINNER FOR THE TWO DELEGATIONS THIS
EVENING. HE DID NOT MAKE ANY SUBSTANTIVE COMMENT.
2. GIVE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS ASKED
TO VISIT CHINA, AND THAT WU XUEQIAN HAS CLEARLY AGREED TO THE
DATES WE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AT SOME PERSONAL INCONVENIENCE
(WE WERE TOLD YESTERDAY THAT HE WOULD NOT RETURN FROM
A FORTNIGHT'S TOUR OF COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, AFRICA AND ASIA UNTIL 13 APRIL), I HOPE THAT THE SUPPLEMENTARIES WILL MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WU HAS INVITED THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO VISIT CHINA.
3. THE CHINESE CLEARLY WISH TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THEIR OWN.
I HOPE THAT THE TEXTS OF THE SUPPLEMENTARIES CAN REACH ME BY 28003OZ, TO ALLOW ME TO COMPARE NOTES WITH THEM WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON THURSDAY.
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