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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, BRUSSELS, UKREP BRUSSELS, UKDEL NATO
SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER:
BRUSSELS: 23 MAY
1. NEWS OF THIS MEETING IS NOW CIRCULATING IN THE DIPLOMATIC
COMMUNITY HERE. AT A DINNER GIVEN LAST WEEK BY THE BELGIAN AMBASSADOR FOR FOREIGN MINISTER WU XUEQIAN ATTENDED ALSO BY AMBASSADORS OF THOSE COUNTRIES ON THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER'S ITINERARY FOR HIS FORTHCOMING EUROPEAN TOUR, WU INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT WHILST IN BRUSSELS, BESIDES A MEETING WITH THE EC COMMISSION, HE WOULD ALSO BE MEETING THE SECRETARY OF STATE. WE HAVE SO FAR RECEIVED NO ENQUIRIES FROM COLLEAGUES ABOUT THIS MEETING.
2. GRATEFUL FOR EARLY CONFIRMATION (PREFERABLY DESKBY 06233OZ) OF PRESS LINE TO BE USED IN RESPONSE TO ANY ENQUIRIES (YOUR TELNO 811 TO HONG KONG, HONG KONG TELNO 1302 AND MY TELNO 712 REFERS).
3. AN EARLY LEAK IS NOW ON THE CARDS. YOU MAY THEREFORE WISH TO CONSIDER SUGGESTING TO THE CHINESE THAT THE MEETING BE ANNOUNCED EARLIER THAN 19 MAY. THIS WOULD OFFER GREATER CONTROL OVER THE WAY THE NEWS BREAKS.
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MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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