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GRS 168

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CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE ISLAMABAD

TELNO 244

OF 031000Z APRIL 86

HKR 011 RECENED

TRY

- 4 APR 1986

aken

Авни

DESS

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING

073

FOLLOWING FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY

.YOUR TELNO 91 FROM BOMBAY: MEETING WITH CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER

1.

OUR LATEST INFORMATION ON WU XUEQIAN'S ITINERARY (PEKING

TELNO 363) SUGGESTS THAT ON 21 MAY HE MAY STILL BE IN DENMARK, TRAVELLING ON TO BRUSSELS ON 22 MAY. HOWEVER THOSE DATES WERE

APPARENTLY NOT FIRM, AND IT MAY BE THAT THERE IS STILL SUFFICIENT

FLEXIBILITY IN THE PROGRAMME TO PERMIT A MEETING WITH THE

SECRETARY OF STATE IN BRUSSELS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OF 21 MAX.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S APPOINTMENTS WITH THE COMMISSION ARE

LIKELY TO BE OVER BY 15.30 OR 16.00.

2.

WE THEREFORE PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE DRAFT MESSAGE,

SUGGESTING A MEETING IN BRUSSELS ON 21 MAY IF WU WILL HAVE

ARRIVED, OR AS A LESS FAVOURED ALTERNATIVE A MEETING ON 23 MAY.

FOR EASE OF REFERENCE MIFT CONTAINS THE FULL AMENDED TEXT.

HOWE

HONG KONG AGREEMENT

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HD/HKD

HD/FED

HD/PLANNING STAFF

DEP HD/PUSD

HD/PUSD

RD (MR WALKER)

PS

PS/LADY YOUNG

PS/MR RENTON PS/PUS

SIR W HARD ING

SIR J FREELAND MR WILSON

MR CROWLEY

PUSD

COPIES TO:- MR ROBERTS

MR FIFOOT

MR WOOD

MR PEIRCE

NEWS DEPT

LEGAL ADVISERS LEGAL ADVISERS

ASSESSMENTS STAFF CABINET OFFIC

MR MALLABY CABINET OFFICE

MR DRC CHRISTOPHER CABINET OFFICE SIR P CRADOCK NO 10 DOWNING STREET

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