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to address a meeting with Lord Howe and relevant NGOs and
Mr Davies said that the to host lunch on 20 November.
Prime Minister would want to see Zhu Rongji in November (if Maastricht permitted). But despite Chinese agitation, they would not be informed until the last moment.
TAIWAN
8.
Mr Davies thought that there was a degree of Ministerial overkill at present in promoting inward investment to the UK by Taiwan (and Japan and South Korea). The Minister offered to speak to the Whips' Office if this got out of hand. Mr Davies briefed on the unhelpful recent BA 'U-turn' in China on flights to Taiwan.
CAMBODIA
9. Mr Hewitt briefed on the state of play and on future UN decisions in the pipeline. You were concerned that Cambodia might be our most difficult Asian issue next Spring. The problem was to avoid this without spending any money. The UK might be a lone vote against extra expenditure. Mr Cooper said that a key issue would be to
The Minister create a Cambodian military force quickly. commented that this was a cheaper option than maintaining UNTAC. The Thai Foreign Minister had said he would put (unspecified) pressure on the Khmer Rouge to cooperate.
EC/ASEAN
10. Mr Masefield foresaw no clear theme to the forthcoming Ministerial. But the Portuguese/Indonesian dispute was potentially volatile. The Secretary of State's presence was important. The Minister observed that Posts should be aware of the problems Ministers now faced in travelling during Parliamentary terms. Posts should not fix visits if it would
You undertook to be embarrassing if we had to cancel them.
write to Posts in this light.
VIETNAM
11.
Mr Hewitt said that the recent ORP flight had been highly successful. We would now aim for one flight per
At this rate, the month, but without a formal programme.
Hong Kong camps could be clear by end-1995 (though it would become progressively more difficult).
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