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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING TELNO 629 OF 16 OCTOBER
AND TO HONG KONG, UKREP BRUSSELS, UXDEL NATO, BRUSSELS, PARIS, BONN, ROME, THE HAGUE, COPENHAGEN, DUBLIN, LUXEMBOURG (FOR MEYER), ROUTINE TOKYO, NEW DELHI, WASHINGTON, MOSCOW AND UKDEL STRASBOURG.
VISIT TO UK OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER.
FROM FED.
1. MURRAY GAVE A COMMUNITY BRIEFING ON MONDAY 16 OCTOBER.
2. MURRAY SAID THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT WAS A BELATED RETURN
FOR THE VISIT TO CHINA BY MR CROSLAND AS FOREIGN SECRETARY IN
MAY 1976. IT ALSO GAVE EXTRA IMPETUS TO A NUMBER OF EXCHANGES
EARLIER THIS YEAR (VISITS TO CHINA BY MR ENNALS, MR DELL AND MRS WILLIAMS: AND A NUMBER OF HIGH LEVEL VISITS TO THE UK
INCLUDING LI CHIANG (MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE) IN NOVEMBER : TANG KE (MINISTER OF METALLURGY) AND KU MING (VICE MINISTER IN THE STATE PLANNING COMMISSION) IN MAY), WHICH PARALLELED EXCHANGES BETWEEN CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE NINE. IT WOULD ALSO PAVE THE WAY FOR HIGHER LEVEL VISITS: THE NEXT WOULD BE VICE PREMIER WANG CHEN WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, FROM
6 16 NOVEMBER. AN INVITATION HAD ALSO BEEN ISSUED TO CHAIRMAN HUA IN HIS CAPACITY AS PREMIER.
3. SEPARATE TALKS ON FRIDAY, 13 OCTOBER BETWEEN CORTAZZI, DUSS IN THE FCO AND ASSISTANT MINISTER SUNG CHI-KUANG WERE MAINLY
CONCERNED WITH BILATERAL ISSUES, SUNG SAID INCIDENTALLY THAT
CHAIRMAN HUA HAD ACQUIRED SO MANY OBLIGATIONS TO VISIT EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO FIT THEM ALL IN. HE SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED RECENT INVITATIONS FROM MALTA, GREECE AND ITALY AS EXAMPLES,
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