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TELNO 398
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AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, BRUSSELS, UKREP BRUSSELS, UKDEL NATO
YOUR TELNO 725:
SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH CHINESE
PRESS HANDLING
FOREIGN MINISTER, 23 MAY:
1.
WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO SUGGEST TO THE CHINESE THAT AN
ANNOUNCEMENT BE MADE EARLIER THAN 19 MAY, OR TO VOLUNTEER AN
EARLIER STATEMENT OURSELVES. SUCH A DEPARTURE FROM OUR USUAL
PRACTICE, PARTICULARLY IF IT WERE CO-ORDINATED WITH THE CHINESE,
MIGHT UNDESIRABLY HIGHLIGHT THE CHINESE ASPECT OF THE BRUSSELS
VISIT.
2.
IF THE NEWS DOES BREAK, YOU AND OTHER RECIPIENTS OF THIS
TELEGRAM SHOULD RESPOND TO ENQUIRIES ALONG THE LINES OF FCO TELNO
811, AS AMENDED BY YOUR TELNO 712:
BEGINS
THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL BE VISITING BRUSSELS ON 23
MAY FOR A MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF NATO, LORD
CARRINGTON, AND WITH M TINDEMANS. HE HAS ACCEPTED AN INVITATION
TO HAVE LUNCH WITH THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER, WHO WILL BE IN
BRUSSELS AT THE SAME TIME.
ENDS
3.
IF ASKED ABOUT THE MEETING WITH WU XUEQIAN YOU MAY ADD
UNATTRIBUTABLY THAT IT WILL BE A BRIEF ONE: THAT IT PROVIDES A
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