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RR PEKING

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FM FCO 301210Z AUG 83

TO ROUTINE PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 566 OF 30 AUGUST

LORD RHODES' VISIT: CHINA/EC

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THE CHINESE EMBASSY HAVE TOLD LADY LLEWELLYN-DAVIES, WHO IS ACCOMPANYING LORD RHODES ON HIS VISIT TO CHINA IN EARLY OCTOBER, THAT PIFA ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN DISCUSSING EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS WITH HER. WE ASSUME THAT IN THE TIME

AVAILABLE, ALLOWING FOR INTERPRETATION, THEY WILL WANT ONLY A

GENERAL RUN OVER THE GROUND. IF HOWEVER YOU CONSIDER THE CHINESE

ARE LIKELY TO RAISE ANY PARTICULAR POINTS ON WHICH LADY LLEWELLYN- DAVIES WOULD REQUIRE BRIEFING BEFORE LEAVING LONDON, PLEASE LET US KNOW BY TELEGRAPH.

HOWE

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