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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1469
OF 13094OZ MAY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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YOUR TELSNOS 848 AND 847 : SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH
WU XUEQHAN: STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT : SPEAKING NOTE
AT ITS MEETING TODAY EXCO MADE TWO SUGGESTIONS ON THE SPEAKING NOTE.
2. FIRST, SINCE WU WILL BE UNLIKELY TO RESPOND SUBSTANTIVELY ON 23 MAY, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE FOLLOWING EXCHANGE SHOULD STILL BE HELD AT SECRETARY OF STATE/FOREIGN MINISTER LEVEL, BEFORE ZHOU NAN PUTS HIS PERSONAL OAR HIN. THIS POINT MAY BE REFLECTED IN PARA 14.
3. SECONDLY, THERE SHOULD BE NO PUBLICITY ABOUT FUTURE EXCHANGES ON CONVERGENCE AND THE WORD
'PREMATURE'
PARA 15 SHOULD THEREFORE BE DELETED.
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YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
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