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7. WE WOULD, I THINK, HAVE TO WORK VERY HARD TO GET WU TO ADD THE UNITED KINGDOM TO THE LIST OF SIX EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WHICH HE ALREADYPLANS TO VISIT IN MARCH. IN ANY CASE, WU WOULD CLEARLY PREFER TO

ACCEPT YOUR INVITATION FOR A TIME WHEN HE WILL BE FREE TO SPEND MORE THAN JUST A DAY OR TWO THERE. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE BEST OBJECTIVE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 1987 MAY BE A MEETING BETWEEN YOU AND WU EITHER IMMEDIATELY BEFORE OR AFTER YOUR PROJECTED VISIT TO JAPAN OR A STOPOVER BY HIM IN LONDON DURING HIS EUROPEAN TOUR IN MARCH, WITH HIS OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM HELD OVER UNTIL LATER.

8. I HAVE SHOWN THIS TELEGRAM TO DR. WILSON, WHO CONCURS.

EVANS

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PEHPAN 1909

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HID

FED.

CLAIMS. D.

MUD.

PS

Ps/Mrz. PS/PUS.

RENTON

Mr. GILLMORE

MR. BARRINGTON.

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