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AKK 040/57
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO PEKING, 18-20 DECEMBER:
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10 DEC 1984
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CALL FOR BRIEFS
The Prime Minister will be visiting Peking with the Secretary of State from 18-20 December. Time will be short, since meetings will be restricted to 19 December, and the main focus of the visit will be signature of and discussions about the agreement on Hong Kong. Some briefing on other bilateral and international issues will however be required.
2. The details of the programme are still under discussion with the Chinese. However, we know that there will be a single session of formal talks, with Premier Zhao Ziyang, probably lasting 2-3 hours. I should be grateful if Departments could now prepare briefing (Points to Make and Essential Facts) in accordance with the following expected agenda:
a) Hong Kong
b) Bilateral
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future visits
claims
possible Nuclear Agreement
with China (depending on timing of our decision to propose this to the Chinese)
Law of the Sea (see
HKD (in hand)
FED/Protocol Dept
FED/Claims Dept
NED/FED
MAED
Hong Kong telno 3175)
Air Services (see Peking telno 2727, paragraph 13)
MAED
OT4, DTI (in hand)
c) Trade
d) International Issues
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East/West, including arms control
Sino/Soviet relations
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