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ANNUAL POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS: CANBERRA, 11 MAY 1993
FOLLOW-UP
Issue
1. Meeting between 2 Prime Ministers: press for early confirmation from No 10 of 17 September.
2. TIC arrangements; follow-up urgently on Mr Heseltine's programme and composition of British delegation (ie, including those from business).
Action
SPD
BHC/SPD
3. Pensions: assess consequencies if Australians carry out threat to withdraw from bilateral Social Security Agreement.
SPD/DSS
4. UN Security Council Permanent Membership: include on agenda for Hurd/ Evans meeting on 17 June.
SPD/UND
5.
PNG: consider whether scope for greater coordination of activity over disincentives to PNG investment (eg, consider recommending that Prime Minister raise with wingti at CHOGM).
6.
SPNFZ:
7.
confirm UK position.
Strengthen dialogue over Japan, China and on other Asia-Pacific issues.
SPD
SPD
BHC
initially
8. China/Human Rights: provide details to Australian High Commission of Chinese human rights delegation to the UK, including
FED
Northern Ireland.
9. Japan and Japan-US relations: include on agenda for two Prime Ministers' September meeting between Mr Major and Mr Keating in September.
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