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OUR TELNO 1 TO ATTC TAIPEI: POSSIBLE VISIT TO TAIWAN BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE.
1. I HAVE CONSIDERED TSANG'S PROPOSED VISIT FURTHER. I UNDERSTAND THAT HE WILL BE SEEING THE TAIWANESE AT ANOTHER APEC MEETING AT WILLIAMSBURG IN LATE MARCH. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE TAIWANESE CUSTOMS EXPERTS WHOM TSANG WANTS TO TALK TO (ABOUT TRANS-SHIPMENT OF TEXTILE PRODUCTS TO THE U.S.) ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE THERE, IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION WITH K S SHEU, WHO WILL BE. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND GIVEN PRESENT CHINESE SENSITIVITIES, I HAVE DECIDED THAT TSANG SHOULD NOT GO ON THE APEC FIELD TRIP TO TAIWAN.
2. OBVIOUSLY MORRICE WILL NOT NOW NEED TO TALK TO K S SHEU ABOUT THE FIELD TRIP.
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