SECRET
034326
MDHOA
876
STATE
WE MIGHT SUGAR THE PILL FOR THE CHINESE BY THE SECRETARY HINTING TO QIAN IN NEW YORK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN INVITATION TO LI PENG TO VISIT LONDON. WE ARE PROPOSING TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE THAT IF HE DECIDES TO DROP SUCH A HINT HE SHOULD BE CAREFULLY UNSPECIFIC AS TO TIMING, WITH THE AIM OF DANGLING THE CARROT IN FRONT OF LI PENG FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, (BEARING IN MIND THAT LI PENG MIGHT NOT SURVIVE THE NPC NEXT SPRING).
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