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FCO TELNOS 396 AND 397: TALKS WITH THE CHINESE ON ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS: POSSIBLE VISIT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE
I ASKED FOR A PRIVATE WORD WITH JIANG ENZHU BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THIS MORNING'S TALKS. I READ TO HIM THE FORM OF WORDS IN SECOND TUR. THE INTERPRETER WHO WAS WITH JIANG TOOK CAREFUL NOTE.
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JIANG ASKED WHETHER WHAT I HAD SAID MEANT THAT WE WERE NOW FORMALLY PROPOSING A VISIT. I SAID WE WERE NOT AND URGED HIM TO STUDY WHAT I HAD SAID: WE THOUGHT IT ESSENTIAL THAT ALL THE IDEAS OF THE TWO SIDES SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE BEFORE ANY MEETING TOOK PLACE. STRESSING THAT I WAS WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS ON THIS POINT, SAID THAT I THOUGHT IT UNLIKELY THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD TAKE ANY DECISION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO PROPOSE A VISIT UNTIL AFTER THE MEETING DUE TO TAKE PLACE IN LONDON ON 1 JULY.
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JIANG SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WERE NOT MAKING A PROPOSAL AT THIS STAGE. IF WE DID DECIDE TO MAKE A PROPOSAL THE SOONER WE COULD DO SO THE BETTER: QIAN QICHEN HAD MANY OTHER COMMITMENTS.
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I WILL BE TELEGRAPHING SEPARATELY ABOUT WHAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE MIGHT ACHIEVE IF HE DID DECIDE TO COME TO PEKING.
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