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DD 142200Z PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO PEKIN
141600Z OCT
GRS 236
HKK 010/2
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY 2 8 OCT 1986
DESK OFFICER
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Sez
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FM FCO
TO DESKBY 14220OZ PEKING
TELNO 1269
OF 141600Z OCTOBER 86
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
AND SAVING SHANGHAI
-48
INDEX
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REGISTRY Actiu Taken
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FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY FOR PS/FOREIGN SECRETARY
YOUR TELNO 1969 (NOT TO HONG KONG): Y K PAO: NINGBO
UNIVERSITY
1. IN HIS CALL ON THE PRIME MINISTER TO DISCUSS THE NINGBO
STEELWORKS, SIR Y K SAID THE NINGBO UNIVERSITY (DONATED BY
HIS FAMILY TO THEIR NATIVE CITY OF NINGBO) WOULD BE INAUGURATED
ON 26 NOVEMBER. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT VICE-PREMIER WANLI
WOULD ATTEND. HE WOULD VERY MUCH WELCOME IT IF THE PRIME
MINISTER WERE ABLE TO NOMINATE A REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND THE
OPENING CEREMONIES. THE PRIME MINISTER SAID THAT SHE THOUGHT
THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA : SHE WOULD NOMINATE ONE OF HER MINISTERIAL
COLLEAGUES: MR WALDEN, AS MINISTER WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR
UNIVERSITIES AND AS A CHINESE SPEAKER, WOULD BE AN IDEAL
CHOICE.
2.
WE HAVE INFORMALLY SOUNDED MR WALDEN'S OFFICE, WHO
SAY HE MAY REARRANGE VARIOUS COMMITMENTS IN
ORDER TO MAKE A VERY BRIEF TRIP TO NINGBO FOR THE INAUGURATION.
I HAVE THEREFORE PUT THIS SUGGESTION IN WRITING TO WALDEN'S
OFFICE. WE HOPE THAT HE WOULD ALSO FIT IN A BRIEF STOPOVER IN
PEKING, WHICH WOULD ENABLE HIM TO MAKE ONE OR TWO CALLS EG ON THE
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