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INFO PRIORITY UKREP BRUSSELS, BRUSSELS
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RE
29 APR 1986
IN..
SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER:
COVER
1.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL HAVE LUNCH WITH THE CHINESE
FOREIGN MINISTER, WU XUEQIAN, IN BRUSSELS ON 23 MAY (TO DISCUSS HONG KONG). HE WISHES TO ARRANGE AT LEAST ONE OTHER MEETING IN
BRUSSELS WHILE HE IS THERE. FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION, THIS IS
FOR COVER, TO AVOID HONG KONG SPECULATION ABOUT A CRISIS MEETING.
2.
A POSSIBILITY, WHICH WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD
EXPLORE, IS A BRIEF CALL ON LORD CARRINGTON, WHICH COULD BE
PRESENTED AS POST-DPC PRE-NAC CONSULTATIONS. EXAMPLES
OF SUBJECTS WHICH MIGHT USEFULLY BE DISCUSSED ARE THE HALIFAX
COMMUNIQUE, HOW SDI CAN BE HANDLED AT THE NAC, LIBYA/TERRORISM
·AND POSSIBLY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GENEVA TALKS AND/OR RSVP.
3.
WE SUGGEST YOU EXPLAIN TO MR FALL THAT THE SECRETARY OF
STATE WILL BE IN BRUSSELS ON 23 MAY FOR A MEETING WITH WU AND
WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A BRIEF CALL ON LORD
CARRINGTON, IF THIS IS CONVENIENT, TO RUN OVER ISSUES SUCH AS
THOSE IN PARAGRAPH 2 BEFORE THE NAC MEETING.
4.
THE BEST TIMING WOULD BE BETWEEN 11 AND 12 AM. THE
SECRETARY OF STATE NEEDS TO RETURN PROMPTLY TO LONDON IN THE
AFTERNOON TO PREPARE FOR A SPEECH HE IS GIVING IN THE EVENING. HOWE
LIMITED
DEFENCE DEPT
HKD
PS
PS/MR RENTON
MR DAUNT
DR WILSON
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