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FOR INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, JAKARTA
OUR TELNO. 439: MINISTERIAL VISITS
1. MR WALKER WILL NOT NOW BE ABLE TO VISIT CHINA AND INDONESIA
IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMITMENTS CONNECTED WITH
THE PRIVATISATION OF BRITISH GAS. HE HOPES TO RESCHEDULE HIS
TOUR FOR DECEMBER AND WE HOPE TO LET YOU HAVE PROPOSED NEW DATES
BEFORE LONG.
2.
MEANWHILE, LORD YOUNG AND MR CHANNON HAVE RECENTLY DISCUSSED
THE TIMING OF THEIR NEXT VISITS TO CHINA, BEARING IN MIND THE
GOVERNMENT'S WISH TO CAPITALISE ON RECENT MINISTERIAL VISITS,
THE FORTHCOMING HIGH LEVEL VISITS BY HU YAOBANG AND LI PENG,
AND THE STATE VISIT, AS WELL AS THE IPPA AND SOFT LOANS
AGREEMENT AND THE GENERALLY FAVOURABLE CLIMATE OF SINO/BRITISH
RELATIONS.
3.
LORD YOUNG WONDERS WHETHER HE MIGHT PAY HIS NEXT VISIT IN
NOVEMBER PERHAPS TAKING OVER MR WALKER'S ORIGINAL DATES
(12-15 NOVEMBER)? WE KNOW THAT IN ADDITION TO THE STATE VISIT
IN OCTOBER, WHEN SIR G HOWE WILL ALSO VISIT CHINA, THERE IS A
JOINT LIAISON GROUP MEETING IN NOVEMBER, A VISIT BY LORD COCKFIELD
(IN WHICH YOU WILL NO DOUBT BE FULLY INVOLVED BECAUSE OF THE
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