CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE MANILA
TELNO MISC 147
OF 291001Z OCTOBER 92
INFO ROUTINE FCO, THE HAGUE
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MDLIAN 1568
HKD 021/4 pa tists to China
BAT 30/10.
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FOLLOWING FOR FOREIGN SECRETARY'S PARTY
DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA: 25
28 OCTOBER
SUMMARY
1.
SHORT ACCOUNT OF VAN DEN BROEK VISIT TO CHINA IMMEDIATELY BEFORE GOING TO MANILA. HONG KONG RAISED BRIEFLY WITH QIAN QICHEN. KINKEL TO VISIT CHINA AFTER MANILA MEETING.
DETAIL
2.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL NO DOUBT BE AWARE THAT THE DUTCH
FOREIGN MINISTER, WHO WILL BE IN MANILA FOR THE EC/ASEAN
MINISTERIAL MEETING, VISITED CHINA IMMEDIATELY BEFOREHAND (25 TO 28 OCTOBER). THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY DRAWS ON A COMMUNITY BRIEFING WHICH VAN DEN BROEK GAVE PERSONALLY, AND A DINNER HE GAVE WHICH I ATTENDED.
3.
VAN DEN BROEK HAD MEETINGS WITH (AMONG OTHERS) FOREIGN MINISTER QIAN QICHEN, PREMIER LI PENG, AND VICE PREMIERS WU XUEQIAN AND ZOU JIAHUA. THE MAIN PURPOSE WAS TO SERVICE THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. VAN DEN BROEK STRESSED TO ME THAT THE DUTCH WERE
LOOKING FOR SIGNIFICANT COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES TO OFFSET THE LOSSES
WHICH DUTCH BUSINESS HAD SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF THE DECISION NOT
TO SELL SUBMARINES TO TAIWAN.
4. INTERNATIONAL ISSUES DISCUSSED INCLUDED SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS, THE KOREAN PENINSULA, THE CIS, VIETNAM AND YUGOSLAVIA.
5. VAN DEN BROEK RAISED HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AT ALL HIS MEETINGS.
NO NEW INSIGHTS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN PROVIDED THOUGH ALL HIS INTERLOCUTORS WERE READY TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECT. ZOU JIAHUA PROVIDED A RESPONSE (OF SORTS) TO THE LIST OF INDIVIDUAL CASES
WHICH HE HAD BEEN GIVEN WHEN HE VISITED THE NETHERLANDS IN SEPTEMBER, BUT GAVE NO INDICATION THAT THE CHINESE WOULD PARDON OR
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