4. UN RATIFICATION, OUR EXCHANGE WAS VERY CHIEF. ZHOU SAID THAT HE HOPED THAT WE COULD AGREE TO RATIFY BEFORE ZHAO ZIYANG WENT TU LONDON AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE. HE SAID THAT THE MIFA WOULD BE READY TO GIVE US FINAL CONFIRMATION OF DATES FOR ZHAU'S VISIT, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK WE HAD GURSELVES PROPOSED, SOON AFTER THE SPRING FESTIVAL. HE INDICATED THAT ZHAU WOULD BE GOING TU GREECE AS WELL AS GERMANY AFTER LEAVING THE UK AND SAID THAT HE WOULD DE AWAY FROM CHINA FOR ABOUT 20 DAYS. HE ALSO SAID THAT HE WOULD DE LIKELY TO ACCOMPANY ZHAO ON HIS VISIT TO EUROPE.. I SAID THAT! MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE TIMING OF RATIFICATION BEFORE LONG.
5. I SHALL BE IN PEKING THROUGHOUT NEXT WEEK. BUT I SHALL SE PARTICIPATING IN LORD YOUNG'S PROGRAMME FROM THE AFTERNUÜN UF 28 FEBRUARY UNWARDS. I SHALL DE WITH LORD YOUNG IN SHANGHAI AND CANTUN FROM 3 TO 10 MARCH.
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