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PATTISON'S TELELETTER NFR OF 012231Z MAY: US/CHINA: KIMMIT
VISIT
SUMMARY
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KIMMIT MET QIAN QICHEN AND TONG ZHIGUANG. SEPARATE TELEGRAMS ON MEETING WITH LIU HUAQIU AND ON HONG KONG. KIMMIT TALKED ABOUT VARIOUS ISSUES, BUT THE MAIN MESSAGE WAS THAT CHINA MUST CONVINCE CONGRESS TO RENEW MEN NO CHINESE COMMITMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, NON-PROLIFERATION, OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. CHINESE SEIZED OF NEED TO ACT ON PRISON LABOUR. CHINESE BUYING MISSION TO THE US MAY SPEND UP TO 2 BILLION DOLLARS.
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THE US MINISTER-COUNSELLOR TOLD ME TODAY THAT KIMMITT HAD SPENT NEARLY 7 HOURS WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER LIU HUAQIU, ONE AND A HALF HOURS WITH QIAN QICHEN AND ONE HOUR WITH VICE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND TRADE TONG ZHIGUANG. AT CHINESE INSISTENCE, KIMMITT STAYED AT THE DIAOYUTAI STATE GUESTHOUSE. KEYSER SAID THAT THE VISIT WAS ONE OF A SERIES (SCHIFTER, BARTHOLOMEW AND KIMMIT) AGREED BETWEEN BAKER AND QIAN IN NEW YORK IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR. (AFTER SEVERAL FALSE STARTS, BARTHOLOMEW IS NOW LIKELY TO VISIT IN JUNE). KEYSER WARNED AGAINST THE PRESS VIEW OF THE VISIT AS A LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT TO SAVE SINO-US RELATIONS.
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3. THE BULK OF THE TIME WAS TAKEN UP BY KIMMIT'S BRIEFING OF QIAN ON BAKER'S MIDDLE EAST TRIPS. KIMMITT STRESSED THAT THE US WAS KEEN TO DISCUSS THE MIDDLE EAST WITH CHINA BOTH BILATERALLY AND IN THE P5 FRAMEWORK. QIAN QICHEN'S ONLY RESPONSE TO KIMMITT'S POINTS WAS THAT ANY ARMS CONTROL AND REGIONAL SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPREHENSIVE AND FAIR. EXPLAINED THAT HE MEANT THAT ISRAEL COULD NOT BE EXEMPTED FROM ANY ARMS LIMITATION AGREEMENTS. QIAN ALSO SAID THAT IRAN SHOULD BE PART OF ANY SCHEME, TO WHICH KIMMITT AGREED. QIAN DID NOT
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