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INFO PRIORITY UK DEL NATO, UK REP BRUSSELS,

PEKING, HUNG KONG

Your tel 109: SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH CHINESE FOREIGN

MINSTER IN BRUSSELS: 23 MAY

1.

Secretary of State spoke to Tindemans in Venice on 30 April.

He said that if convenient he would like to call briefly in the

early afternoon. Tindemans said (subject to checking his diary)

that he would welcome this.

2.

Draft programme (all times local) is

08:30

11:00-12:00

12:30-14:30

departure

meeting with Lord Carrington : (NATO HQ)

lunch with Chinese Foreign Minister (Chinese

Embassy)

Afternoon

18:30

call on Tindemans

(at the latest) arrive Gatwick

3. Secretary of State has decided not to pursue possibility of a

call on Martens. Grateful if you would seek to arrange mutually

convenient time with Tindemans' office. Please explain that

there should be no publicity for Secretary of State's meeting

with Wu.