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INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, PEKING, HONG KONG, ACTOR, CABINET OFFICE
HONG KONG TELNO 2121: CHINA/SAUDI ARABIAN RELATIONS
1.
THE SAUDI PRESS OF 12 JULY GAVE BRIEF BUT PROMINENT COVERAGE OF PRINCE BANDAR'S VISIT TO CHINA AND NOTED HIS MEETINGS WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND MINISTER OF PRC. ONE ARTICLE DESCRIBED THE VISIT AS VERY SIGNIFICANT.
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2. THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT APPEARS TO BE PREPARING THE PUBLIC, THROUGH THE MEDIA, FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND THE PRC. SAUDI TRADE OFFICE IN PEKING OPENED IN AUGUST 1989. THE ESTABLISMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WAS TO TAKE PLACE YEAR AFTER THAT. MEANWHILE THE TAIWAN EMBASSY HERE APPEARS TO HAVE RESIGNED ITSELF TO IMMINENT REDUCTION IN STATUS TO A TRADE MISSION.
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