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FM FCO 101852Z OCT 79

TO PRIORITY PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 595 OF 10 OCTOBER

AND TO PRIORITY PARIS BONN ROME

INFO DS13 MOD (FOR MEHEW)

MIPT: PREMIER HUA'S VISIT: CONTENT OF TALKS

î. THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR, KE HUA, CALLED ON CORTAZZI ON 9

OCTOPER, AT CORTAZZI'S REQUEST, TO DISCUSS PREMIER HUA'S VISIT,

AND IN PARTICULAR THE CONTENT OF THE TALKS.

2. CORTAZZI EXPLAINED THAT WE HAD NOT DISCUSSED WITH THE PRIME

MINISTER THE HANDLING OF THE DISCUSSIONS, PUT BELIEVED IT WOULD

BR FELPFUL TO OUTLINE THE SUBJECTS WE EXPECTED TO BE COVERED. . NOW

THAT WE HOPED TO ARRANGE SEPARATE TALKS FETWEEN LORD CARRINGTON

AND HUANG HUA, SOME OF THE BILATERAL ISSUES COULD DOUPTLESS PE

DISCUSSED ON THAT OCCASION, PATHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO, THE

PRIME MINISTERIAL TALKS.

3. IN GENERAL, THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD PREFER AN INFORMAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS TO FORMAL, LONG STATEMENTS OF KNOWN POSITIONS.

WE SHOULD OF COURSE PRIEF HER ON CHINESE ATTITUDES. IF IN

ADDITION THE CHINESE WISHED TO ENSURE THAT SHE WAS INFORMED OF

THEIR DETAILED POSITIONS ON FARTICULAR ISSUES, WE COULD ARRANGE IN CONSULTATION WITH THEM TO LET HER HAVE A POTE IN WRITING IN

ADVANCE.

4. WE DID NOT PROPOSE TO HAVE A FORMAL AGENDA FOR THE TALKS,

BUT ANTICIPATED THAT INTERNATIONAL ISSUES WOULD BE COVERED IN THE

FIFST SESSION, AND BILATERAL ISSUES IN THE SECOND.

5. ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, WE EXPECTED THAT THE PRIME

MINISTER WOULD WISH TO:

A. EXPLAIN HER VIEWS OF EAST/WEST.RELATIONS, AND

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