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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
16 March 1990
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The Lord President has agreed to see the Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Xueqian at 1130 on Monday 19 March. We have now had confirmation of the call from the Chinese Ambassador.
As promised in Bob Peirce's of 15 March, I enclose a brief for this meeting. It mainly covers Hong Kong issues but also includes a line on bilateral relations incase this is raised by Wu.
The Lord President should be aware that when the Prime Minister saw the Chinese Ambassador on 16 March she said that the nationality package would be going ahead. Ambassador Ji said that both sides should now "declare a ceasefire" and stop commenting publicly on this subject. He added that what we needed now was more intensive consultations between the two sides. Ambassador Ji suggested that it would be a good idea if the Lord President made both these points to Vice-Premier Wu. agree.
Alan Paul, the Head of Hong Kong Department, will sit in on the meeting.
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