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FM PEKING
TO DESKBY 20083OZ FCO
TELNO 72
OF 200411Z JANUARY 93
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
PERSONAL FOR DAVIES, FED, FROM AMBASSADOR
32.1/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
20 JAN 1993
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POSSIBLE VISIT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO CHINA
1.
ONE POINT WHICH LU PING MAY RAISE WITH ME WHEN I SEE HIM, AND WHICH COULD INDEED BY RAISED BY FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS AT ANY TIME, IS THE TIMING OF THE NEXT SIX-MONTHLY MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO FOREIGN MINISTERS
2. I NOTE FROM PARAGRAPH 3 OF FCO TELNO 30 THAT THE SECRETARY OF
STATE HAS NOT YET TAKEN A FINAL DECISION ON THIS. I ALSO NOTE THE
LINE WHICH HE TOOK WITH THE PRESS ON 19 JANUARY IN THE TRANSCRIPT
FAXED TO ME. IN THE LIGHT OF THAT I ASSUME THAT IF THE QUESTION IS
RAISED I SHOULD UNDERTAKE TO REPORT WHAT IS SAID: BUT ADD THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS CONCERNED THAT ANY MEETING SHOULD YIELD USEFUL RESULTS AND THAT WE THINK IT A LITTLE EARLY TO DECIDE THE TIME OF THE NEXT MEETING. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
3.
PURELY FOR INTERNAL PLANNING PURPOSES IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
KNOW WHETHER ANY PARTICULAR PERIOD HAS BEEN BLOCKED OFF FOR A VISIT TO PEKING IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S DIARY IF/IF HE DECIDES THAT A
MEETING WOULD BE WORTHWHILE.
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