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PP PEKING

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FM FCO 21735Z AUG 83

SECRET

TO PRIORITY PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 554 OF 22 AUGUST

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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG AND ROUTINE UKMIS NEW YORK

FOLLOWING FROM FED

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YOUR TELNO 779 AND UKMIS NEW YORK TELNO 699: FUTURE OF HONG KONG:

WU XUEQIAN'S VISIT TO THE UN

1.

WE AGREE THAT THERE WOULD BE ADVANTAGE IN TRYING TO

ARRANGE A BILATERAL MEETING WITH WU XUEQIAN IN NEW YORK.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S NEW YORK VISIT IS SCHEDULED FOR

25-30 SEPTEMBER. THE PROGRAMME FOR BILATERALS IS TO BE

DISCUSSED WITHIN THE FCO LATER THIS MONTH AFTER WHICH WE SHALL

BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU FURTHER. AT THIS STAGE WE DO NOT THINK

WE SHOULD ASK WU TO STOP OVER IN LONDON ON HIS WAY BACK FROM

WASHINGTON (ABOUT 15 OCTOBER): SIR P CRADOCK CONCURS WITH

THIS VIEW.

See MICK040/4 (1015)

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