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CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE ISLAMABAD
TELNO 244
OF 031000Z APRIL 86
HKR 011 RECENED
TRY
- 4 APR 1986
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING
073
FOLLOWING FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY
.YOUR TELNO 91 FROM BOMBAY: MEETING WITH CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER
1.
OUR LATEST INFORMATION ON WU XUEQIAN'S ITINERARY (PEKING
TELNO 363) SUGGESTS THAT ON 21 MAY HE MAY STILL BE IN DENMARK, TRAVELLING ON TO BRUSSELS ON 22 MAY. HOWEVER THOSE DATES WERE
APPARENTLY NOT FIRM, AND IT MAY BE THAT THERE IS STILL SUFFICIENT
FLEXIBILITY IN THE PROGRAMME TO PERMIT A MEETING WITH THE
SECRETARY OF STATE IN BRUSSELS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OF 21 MAX.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S APPOINTMENTS WITH THE COMMISSION ARE
LIKELY TO BE OVER BY 15.30 OR 16.00.
2.
WE THEREFORE PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE DRAFT MESSAGE,
SUGGESTING A MEETING IN BRUSSELS ON 21 MAY IF WU WILL HAVE
ARRIVED, OR AS A LESS FAVOURED ALTERNATIVE A MEETING ON 23 MAY.
FOR EASE OF REFERENCE MIFT CONTAINS THE FULL AMENDED TEXT.
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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