STUC
COMMENT:
RESTRICTED
FM ROME
TO DESKBY 101200Z FCO
TELNO 304
OF 101015Z MAY 91
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HONG KONG, WASHINGTON
INFO PRIORITY OTTAWA, TOKYO, CANBERRA, SINGAPORE
FOR HKD
YOUR TELNO 890: MEN STATUS FOR CHINA: ACTION PLAN
1. I STRONGLY ENDORSE YOUR THOUGHT (PARA 4 OF TUR) OF SENDING A MESSAGE TO DE MICHELIS BEFORE HIS VISIT TO PEKING.
2. ON PRESENT PLANS THE FOREIGN MINISTER WILL BE LEAVING ROME LATE ON 18 MAY (AFTER A MEETING IN BOLOGNA OF PENTAGONALE FOREIGN MINISTERS), ARRIVING IN SHANGHAI ON 19 MAY, AND SPENDING 20-21 MAY IN PEKING, BEFORE GOING ON TO SEOUL AND TOKYO. I COULD THEREFORE AIM TO DELIVER ANY MESSAGE TO HIM BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
EGERTON
YYYY
ADVANCE
3
SIR J COLES
1
HD/HKD
1
HD/FED
1
MAIN
33
LIMITED
HKD
FED
NAD
ERD
694576
6
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
1
SIR J COLES
1
MR BURNS
1
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