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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1926
OF 222332Z JULY 91
RECE
23 1991
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, ACTOR
184
YOUR TELNO 1271: MFN STATUS FOR CHINA: MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME
MINISTER
1.
(I)
II)
III)
I TOOK ACTION ON TUR ON 22 JULY WITH THE FOLLOWING RESULTS:
PACKWOOD, SYMMS AND GRASSLEY WILL BACK THE PRESIDENT:
KASTEN, JEFFORDS AND LOTT ARE UNDECIDED, BUT LEANING TOWARDS THE PRESIDENT:
GARN IS IN UTAH AND MAY MISS THE VOTE.
2.
THE SENATE DEBATE BEGAN ON THE AFTERNOON OF 22 JULY. THE LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT, ALTHOUGH A VOTE MAY BE REACHED LATER TONIGHT, IT WILL PROBABLY BE DEFERRED UNTIL 23 JULY BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED.
MEYER
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
72
LIMITED
HKD
FED
NAD
ERD
JOINT DIRECTORATE
EAPD/ODA
ECONOMIC ADVISERS
ESAU
ESED
DISTRIBUTION
72
RAD
NEWS D
PS
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/PUS
SIR J COLES
MR BAYNE
MR MILES
MR BURNS