CONFIDENTIAL
HKB 0279
SUCEV.D IN ROSETRY
06 APR 1987
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FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 589
OF 070901Z APRIL 87
INFO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK
MY TELNO 580: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO THAILAND, 20-22 APRIL
1. WANG WEHYANG, MFA, TELEPHONED PIGOTT ON 7 APRIL AND, SPEAKING ON INSTRUCTIONS, SAID THAT THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN BAGKOK HAD BEEN *INSTRUCTED TO CONFIRM TO BRITISH EMBASSY, BANGKOK THAT WU WOULD BE
ABLE TO MEET THE SECRETARY OF STATE AT 1545 ON 21 APRIL. WANG SAID
THAT THE CHINESE EXPECTED THE TALKS TO LAST FOR 60-90 MINUTES AND
THAT THEY WOULD TAKE PLACE AT THE CHINESE EMBASSY. WU WOULD BE
ACCOMPANHED BY AMBASSADOR KE ZAISHUO (DIRECTOR, HONG KONG AND MACAO AFFAIRS OFFICE, MFA) AND WU HONCEO (INTERPRETER).
2. WE REALISE THAT A 1545 START AT THE CHINESE EMBASSY MIGHT BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE OF THE EMBASSY FROM THE ESCAP BUILDING WHERE THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL BE SPEAKING AT ABOUT
1530. WE SUGGEST THAT BANGKOK MIGHT LAIGE WITH THE EMBASSY OVER EACT TWINGS.
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