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Thank you. But the Secretary of
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his planned meeting with Lord Carrington will provide sufficient
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Mr Masefield, FED
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Problem
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What other meeting should the Secretary of State undertake as cover for his meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister.
Recommendation
2. I recommend seeking a call on the Belgian Prime Minister, Mr Martens.
ECD(I) agree.
Background
A 3. Mr Culshaw's minutes of 9 and 14 April. I had earlier suggested
to FED that the Secretary of State might seek a meeting with Mr Martens or possibly the Foreign Minister, Mr Tindemans, as cover for his meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister. A meeting with the Belgians could be as effective for cover purposes as a meeting with Lord Carrington and could be intrinsically useful in view of the Belgian Presidency of the Community which follows our own. I am confident that this proposal would have Mr Petrie's full support. I notice from Sir David B Hannay's letter of 21 April to Mr Lavelle at the Treasury that there is
a need for an early effort to try and tie Belgium into the "Northern" camp for the coming Community budget meetings.
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In view of the tremendous frequency of meetings between EC Foreign Ministers I hesitate to push for a bilateral with Tindemans.
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