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BE AWAY FOR ANY SUBSTANTIAL LENGTH OF TIME:"

D) WE DO NOT FOR EXAMPLE HAVE TALKS OF THE TYPE WHICH THE

CHINESE AND JAPANESE HAVE WITH EACH OTHER EVEN WITH THE

AMERICANS, AUSTRALIANS, CANADIANS OR THE JAPANESE (ALTHOUGH

WE DO WITH THE GERMANS AND FRENCH):

E) WE WOULD LIKE ANOTHER HIGH LEVEL VISIT BY A CHINESE LEADER

IN 1987. PERHAPS HU QILI. (EQUALLY WE ARE KEEN TO DISCOURAGE

MORE VISITS BY SENIOR CHINESE LEADERS WHO ARE ABOUT TO RETIRE LIKE ZHANG AIPING EXCLAM.)

F) WE ARE INTERESTED IN EXAMINING THE POSSIBILITIES FOR SETTING

UP SOMETHING ON THE DITCHLEY OR KONIGSWINTER PATTERN, OR EVEN SOMETHING LIKE THE ANGLO/JAPANESE 2000 GROUP, BUT A BIT

DISAPPOINTED THAT THE CHINESE CANNOT SEND ANYONE AT THE RIGHT

LEVEL FOR THE 27-31 OCTOBER DISCUSSIONS AT WILTON PARK:

G) WE ARE HOPING THERE WILL BE DISTINGUISHED VISITORS TO

CHINA IN THE MONTHS AHEAD, SUCH AS LORD YOUNG, MR CHANNON AND

PERHAPS PRINCESS MARGARET. THERE WILL NO DOUBT ALSO BE A FURTHER

MEETING BETWEEN FOREIGN MINISTERS IN 1987.

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