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MDLIAN
AUSTRALIANS INVITE CHINA, TAIWAN AND HONG KONG AS OBSERVERS TO THE FIRST MEETING. CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER QIAN HAD LEFT THE AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WITH THE IMPRESSION AFTER THEIR BILATERAL IN PARIS THAT CHINA WAS NOT EXPECTING AN INVITATION TO
THE NOVEMBER MEETING. THEY MIGHT THEREFORE NOT TAKE UP AN INVITATION TO ATTEND AS AN OBSERVER WHICH WOULD BE A NEAT WAY OF SQUARING THE CIRCLE.
FALL
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
80
.ASIA/PACIFIC ECONOMIC
LIMITED
ERD
SPD
HKD
FED
NAD
SEAD
DISTRIBUTION
85
NEWS D
PS
PS/MRS CHALKER
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/LORD BRABAZON
MR BAYNE
MR GILLMORE
MR CARRICK
ECD (E)
PLANNERS
ECONOMIC ADVISERS
MR KERR
MR MCLAREN
ADDITIONAL
5
MR A HUTTON, EEP/DTI
MR J M BOWDER, OT4/DTI MR WJ HALL, OT2/DTI
MR ACS ALLAN, IF/HMT MR P EDMONDS, IF2/HMT
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