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CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE ISLAMABAD

TELNO 244

OF 03100OZ APRIL 86

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING

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1.

HRK 0061

REVES

CISTRY

- 7 APR 1986

PA

FOLLOWING FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY

YOUR TELNO 91 FROM BOMBAY: MEETING WITH CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER

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 MAY.

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

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COPIES TO:- MR ROBERTS

MR FIFOOT

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MR PEIRCE

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PS/LADY YOUNG

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SIR W HARDING

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