CONFIDENTIAL
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MDHOAN 4729
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK
TELNO 461
OF 202138Z AUGUST 90
AND TO IMMEDIATE MODUK
RECEIVED IN T
24 AUG 1990
INFO IMMEDIATE PARIS, MOSCOW, PEKING, BAGHDAD, KUWAIT, WASHINGTON
SIC
93
199
YOUR TELS NOS 1033 AND 1036: IRAQ/KUWAIT: NEXT STEPS: CHINESE ATTITUDES
SUMMARY
1.
CHINESE AMBASSADOR TOLD OF NEED OF FURTHER RESOLUTION ON ENFORCEMENT OF SANCTIONS IN KEEPING WITH PATTERN OF CONSTRUCTIVE COLLABORATION AMONG THE PERMANENT FIVE.
DETAIL
2. IN THE LIGHT OF THE REPORT IN YOUR TUR, I ASKED THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO CALL THIS AFTERNOON. I EMPHASISED HOW WELL THE PERMANENT FIVE HAD BEEN COOPERATING ON THE IRAQ/KUWAIT CRISIS. THIS PROGRESS, REFLECTED IN THE FOUR RESOLUTIONS, ENABLED THE FIVE TO PLAY THE GUIDING ROLE ENVISAGED IN THE CHARTER. I WAS ANXIOUS THIS CONSTRUCTIVE COLLABORATION SHOULD CONTINUE. THE FIVE WERE EVEN NOW DISCUSSING A POSSIBLE RESOLUTION WHICH COULD DESCRIBE IN A WAY THAT EVERYONE COULD ACCEPT AN ADDITIONAL LEGAL BASIS FOR ENFORCEMENT MEASURES. SOME RESERVATIONS HAD BEEN EXPRESSED YESTERDAY BY THE SOVIET UNION AND ALSO THE CHINESE REPRESENTATIVE. WE WERE ALL CONCERNED TO AVOID ANY ESCALATION OF THE CONFLICT. BUT AS THE PRIME MINISTER AND I HAD DISCUSSED THIS MORNING, WE HAD TO MAKE THE EXISTING MEASURES EFFECTIVE AND NEGOTIATIONS ON A NEW RESOLUTION WERE NOW AT A CRITICAL POINT. I HOPED THAT THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR IN NEW YORK COULD BE INSTRUCTED TO RESPOND POSITIVELY.
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3 I ADDED THAT I WELCOMED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK CLOSELY ON THESE MATTERS. IT WAS A SIGNS OF IMPROVING RELATIONS.
4.
JI REPLIED THAT HE WOULD MAKE AN IMMEDIATE REPORT TO HIS GOVERNMENT, WHO HAD A HIGH REGARD FOR COOPERATION AMONG THE
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