SECRET
STRY
39
165231
MDHIAN 5279
02111
F
SECRET
FM HONG KONG
JUI 1993
TO DESKBY 17130OZ FCO
SK OFFIC
"GISTRY
TELNO 977
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OF 17113OZ JUNE 93
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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PEKING TELNOS 823 AND 824: HONG KONG: TALKS: WAY FORWARD.
1.
I DO NOT THINK THAT IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO TAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER A VISIT BY YOU TO PEKING ON 9 JULY WOULD BE PROFITABLE UNTIL WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT THE SIXTH ROUND OF TALKS. BUT I SEE NO DIFFICULTY WITH THE AMBASSADOR TAKING SOUNDINGS ABOUT WHETHER QIAN QICHEN WOULD BE IN PEKING THAT DAY ON THE LINES SUGGESTED IN PARAGRAPH 4 OF FIRST TUR.
2.
I ALSO AGREE THAT WE SHOULD AIM TO AGREE ON A SEVENTH ROUND OF TALKS IN EARLY JULY WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS PROGRESS AT THE SIXTH ROUND, FOR THE REASONS GIVEN IN PARAGRAPH 5 OF FIRST TUR.
3. I AGREE WITH THE TACTICS FOR THE SIXTH ROUND AS SET OUT IN PARAGRAPH 9 OF SECOND TUR.
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