CONFIDENTIAL
904
(150
011012
MDHOAN 6131
TOP COP TQ DIST?
Ju 1991
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON
TELNO 1155
OF 261435Z JUNE 91
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
(136
YOUR TELNO 1581': MFN STATUS FOR CHINA
1
-
MIFT CONTAINS DRAFT TEXTS OF AN INSPIRED PQ AND PRIME MINISTER'S STATEMENT IN REPLY. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR AND HONG KONG'S COMMENTS.
2.
HAVE YOU ANY FURTHER THOUGHTS ON TIMING, EG IN THE LIGHT OF YOUR MEETING WITH SUNUNU? OUR PRESENT PARLIAMENTARY SESSION COULD END ON 25 JULY AND IS UNLIKELY TO LAST LONGER THAN
1 AUGUST. DEPENDING ON THE RESULT OF YOUR LATEST SOUNDINGS ON CAPITOL HILL WE MIGHT NEED TO TABLE THE INSPIRED PQ AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK. GRATEFUL FOR VIEWS.
HURD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
71
LIMITED
HKD
FED
NAD
ERD
DISTRIBUTION
71
RAD
NEWS D
PS
PS/LORD CAITHNESS PS/PUS
JOINT DIRECTORATE EAPD/ODA
SIR J COLES
MR BAYNE
ECONOMIC ADVISERS
MR MILES
ESAU
MR BURNS
ESED
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