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YOUR TELNO 833: HU YAOBANG : POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR TALKS AT NO 10
1. IN OUR FORMAL ARRANGEMENTS WE ARE ONLY AT THE STAGE OF
SUBMITTING OUR PRELIMINARY VIEWS ON THE OBJECTIVES FOR THE TALKS
AT NO 10 AND THE SHAPE THAT WE RECOMMEND THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE.
TO SOME EXTENT WE WAIT TO BE GUIDED BY THE FURTHER TELEGRAMS
PROMISED IN YOUR TELS NOS 616 AND 751. WE HAVE HOWEVER SEEN THE
POLITICAL COUNSELLOR IN THE CHINESE EMBASSY HERE, YUE JUNQING,
A GOOD DEAL IN RECENT DAYS DURING THE VISITS OF ZHENG TUOBIN AND
OTHER DELEGATIONS AND HE HAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT LIKELY TOPICS FOR
THE DISCUSSION AT NO 10.
2.
IN REPLY WE HAVE FORESHADOWED OUR ADVICE TO NO 10 AND SAID
THAT WE ENVISAGE THE TALKS STARTING WITH A FULL EXCHANGE ON
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS INCLUDING THE PROSPECTS FOR A US/SOVIET
SUMMIT, SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS, FOLLOW ON FROM THE ECONOMIC SUMMIT IN TOKYO, TERRORISM, AND ANY TOPICAL SUBJECTS. EQUALLY, WE HAVE
TOLD YUE THAT, ALTHOUGH WE KNOW THAT HU YAOBANG DOES NOT WISH TO
DISCUSS THE DETAIL OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC MATTERS, WE THINK SOME
BILATERAL SUBJECTS SHOULD ALSO BE DISCUSSED. IT WOULD BE
NATURAL FOR THERE TO BE SOME REFERENCE TO THE STATE VISIT AND TO
CONTINUING COOPERATION OVER HONG KONG, BUT WE DO NOT ENVISAGE
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