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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, EC POSTS, OSLO, STOCKHOLM, HELSINKI INFO PRIORITY BANGKOK

PROPOSED VISIT TO EUROPE BY CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER

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OUR TEL NO 371 (NOT TO ALL) PARA 13 MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF QIAN QICHEN'S VISITING SCANDINAVIA THIS SPRING. WE UNDERSTAND THAT HE WILL BE IN STOCKHOLM FROM ABOUT 4-6 MAY AND THEN VISIT HELSINKI. THE CHINESE HAVE ENQUIRED OF THE GERMANS, ITALIANS AND (MORE SURPRISINGLY) DUTCH WHETHER A VISIT TO THEIR COUNTRIES WOULD BE CONVENIENT AT THE SAME TIME, BUT NOTHING IS YET FIRM. THE DANES SAY THEY HAVE NOT BEEN APPROACHED.

2. QIAN IS DUE TO VISIT THAILAND OFFICIALLY AT THE END OF APRIL, BEFORE THE ESCAP MEETING.

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