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1. M DELORS VISITED PEKING FROM 1-4 JULY, ACCOMPANIED BY MADAME DELORSN NOEL, SCHWARTZ, KAWAN AND THREE OTHERS.
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2. THE DELEGATION HAD MEETINGS WITH DENG XIAOPING, PREMIER WAN LI, VICE-PREMIER LI PENG, FOREIGN MINISTER WU XUEGIAN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND TRADE ZHENG TUOBIN AND
DELORS ALSO STATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CHAIRMAN SONG JIAN. DELIVERED A SPEECH ON EUROPEAN INTEGRATION TO AN AUDIENCE INVITED BY THE PEOPLES INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
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3. WAN LI GAVE A BANQUET FOR DELORS ON THE FIRST EVENING OF THE VISIT. DELORS GAVE A RETURN BANQUET LAST NIGHT WAS WAS ATTENDED BY ALL HIS SENIOR INTERLOCUTORS. 1 BRIEFED THE DELEGATION ON THEIR FIRST EVENING, ACCOMPANIED BY ALL OTHER EC HEADS OF MISSION: AND DELORS DEBRIEFED US YESTERDAY EVENING BEFORE DEPATURE FOR XIAN THIS MORNING. THE DELEGATION HAD DECLINED TO BE ACCOMPANIED ON THEIR CALLS BY REPRESENTATIVES OF MEMBERSTATES.
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DELORS DEBRIEFING CONCENTRATED ON THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES OF COOPERATION AGREED DURING THE VISIT (SEE MIFT FOR DETAILS). I UNDERSTAND THESE WERE NEGOTIATED BY NOEL. DELORS SAID HIS CONVERSATIONS HAD LARGELY CONCERNED GENERALITIES, WHICH WOULD BE FAMILIAR TO US. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE MEETING WITH DENG, HE SAID DENG HAD TALKED IN FAMILIAR TERMS ABOUT CHINESE DOMESTIC POLICY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND THE SOVIET UNION, AND HAD TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EMPHASISE THE IMPORTANCE OF EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND THE FUTURE AND HIS OWN PROGRESSIVE RETIREMENT FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
5. I WAS TOLD BY LAMY (CHEF DE CABINET) THAT, DURING THE MEETING WITH LI PENG (WHICH WAS ASKED FOR BY DELORS AFTER HIS ARRIVAL AND LASTED FR NEARLY THREE HOURS), LI HAD DESCRIBED THE IMPRESSIONS OF WESTERN EUROPE HE HAD GAINED FROM HIS RECENT TOUR WITH HU YAOBANG: HAD GIVEN A FAIRLY STANDARD PRESENTATION OF CHINESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS: AND HAD QUESTIONED DELORS CLOSELY ABOUT THE STATE OF AND PROSPECTS FOR THE ECONOMIES OF MEMBER STATES.
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