SECRET
FM PEKING
02111
SECRET
RECEIVED
STRY
1993
DESK C INDEX
ISTRY
Taken
63
022310
MDHIAN 7166
TO DESKBY 01083OZ FCO
TELNO 912
OF 010739Z JULY 93
6 mathly,
INFO DESKBY 01083OZ HONG KONG, IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG with
POSSIBLE VISIT BY YOU TO PEKING
1.
SING TAO DAILY ASKED THE MFA SPOKESWOMAN AT THE WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (1 JULY) TO CONFIRM ''REPORTS'' THAT YOU WOULD BE VISITING PEKING NEXT WEEK TO MEET QIAN QICHEN. THE SPOKESWOMAN REPLIED THAT SHE HAD HEARD NOTHING OF SUCH A VISIT.
2.
COMMENT: SING TAO'S QUESTION HAD NO DETAIL AND MAY SIMPLY HAVE BEEN FISHING, BASED ON THE FACT THAT YOU WILL BE IN TOKYO NEXT WEEK.
3. PLEASE ADVANCE TO PS, HUM (AUSS) AND HEADS OF FED, HKD AND NEWS DEPT.
MCLEAN
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
SINGLE COPIES
PS
MR HUM
NNNN
5
DISTRIBUTION
5
FED//HD
HKD //HD
NEWS D//HD
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