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CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE ISLAMABAD
TELNO 244
OF 03100OZ APRIL 86
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING
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1.
HRK 0061
REVES
CISTRY
- 7 APR 1986
PA
FOLLOWING FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY
YOUR TELNO 91 FROM BOMBAY: MEETING WITH CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER
OUR LATEST INFORMATION ON WU XUEQIAN'S ITINERARY (PEKING TELNO 363) SUGGESTS THAT ON 21 MAY HE MAY STILL BE IN DENMARK,
TRAVELLING ON TO BRUSSELS ON 22 MAY. HOWEVER THOSE DATES WERE
APPARENTLY NOT FIRM, AND IT MAY BE THAT THERE IS STILL SUFFICIENT
FLEXIBILITY IN THE PROGRAMME TO PERMIT A MEETING WITH THE
SECRETARY OF STATE IN BRUSSELS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OF 21 MAY.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S APPOINTMENTS WITH THE COMMISSION ARE
LIKELY TO BE OVER BY 15.30 OR 16.00.
2.
WE THEREFORE PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE DRAFT MESSAGE, SUGGESTING A MEETING IN BRUSSELS ON 21 MAY IF WU WILL HAVE
ARRIVED, OR AS A LESS FAVOURED ALTERNATIVE A MEETING ON 23 MAY. FOR EASE OF REFERENCE MIFT CONTAINS THE FULL AMENDED TEXT.
HOWE
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