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DD 14220OZ PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO PEKIN
141600Z OCT
GRS 350
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FM FCO
TO DESKBY 14220OZ PEKING
TELNO 1271
OF 14160OZ OCTOBER 86
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
FOR PS/FOREIGN SECRETARY
FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY 2 8 OCT 1986
DESK OFFICER INDEX
FCO TELNO 1252 (NOT TO HONG KONG): Y K PAO:
HIGH-LEVEL EXCHANGES
1.
REGISTRY Actión Jaken
IN HIS CALL ON THE PRIME MINISTER TO DISCUSS NINGBO STEEL-
WORKS ON 13 OCTOBER SIR Y K PAO SAID THAT, WHILE IN PEKING,
HE HAD PUT TO ZHAO ZIYANG THE PRIME MINISTER'S PROPOSAL THAT
BRITISH AND CHINESE LEADERS SHOULD HAVE PRIVATE MEETINGS EACH
YEAR. ZHAO ZIYANG HAD RESPONDED POSITIVELY. THE PRIME MINISTER
SAID THAT SHE THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE SOME MISUNDERSTANDING.
SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY SUCH PROPOSAL, THOUGH SHE KNEW THAT IT
HAD BEEN SUGGESTED THAT MEETINGS ON THE MODEL OF THE DITCHLEY
PARK CONFERENCES, INVOLVING OFFICIALS AND OTHER LEADING
CITIZENS FROM MANY WALKS OF LIFE, COULD PLAY A HELPFUL ROLE
IN ANGLO-CHINESE RELATIONS. WHILE THERE WOULD NO DOUBT BE SOME
MINISTERIAL PARTICIPATION, THESE WOULD NOT BE PRIMARILY MEETINGS OF MINISTERS, LET ALONE PRIME MINISTERS. IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO ARRANGE FOR SUCH MEETINGS TO TAKE PLACE IN THE CONTEXT OF
MINSITERIAL VISITS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA. SIR Y K PAO
EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THIS SUGGESTION THOUGH IT CLEARLY
DIFFERED FROM THAT WHICH HE PUT ON HIS OWN AUTHORITY TO ZHAO
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