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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, B T C HONG KONG
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SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT: PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT.
1. MFA HAVE TOLD ME TODAY THAT THEY WILL RELEASE THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE VISIT ON 25 MARCH ALSO. THEY ASKED WHAT THE TERMS OF OUR ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE. I SAID THAT IN ESSENCE WE WOULD USE THE FORMULA AGREED BY JIANG ENZHU AND ME. WE WOULD MAKE IT CLEAR IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS THAT THE VISIT WAS AT THE INVITATION OF THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER AND THAT BILATERAL AFFAIRS INCLUDING HONG KONG, AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES OF COMMON CONCERN WOULD BE DISCUSSED.
2. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE ACTING HEAD OF WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT ON 25 MARCH TO DISCUSS TOPICS TO BE COVERED AT THE TWO MAIN SESSIONS WITH QIAN QICHEN.
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