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OUR TELNO. 439: MINISTERIAL VISITS

1. MR WALKER WILL NOT NOW BE ABLE TO VISIT CHINA AND INDONESIA

IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMITMENTS CONNECTED WITH

THE PRIVATISATION OF BRITISH GAS. HE HOPES TO RESCHEDULE HIS

TOUR FOR DECEMBER AND WE HOPE TO LET YOU HAVE PROPOSED NEW DATES

BEFORE LONG.

2.

MEANWHILE, LORD YOUNG AND MR CHANNON HAVE RECENTLY DISCUSSED

THE TIMING OF THEIR NEXT VISITS TO CHINA, BEARING IN MIND THE

GOVERNMENT'S WISH TO CAPITALISE ON RECENT MINISTERIAL VISITS,

THE FORTHCOMING HIGH LEVEL VISITS BY HU YAOBANG AND LI PENG,

AND THE STATE VISIT, AS WELL AS THE IPPA AND SOFT LOANS

AGREEMENT AND THE GENERALLY FAVOURABLE CLIMATE OF SINO/BRITISH

RELATIONS.

3.

LORD YOUNG WONDERS WHETHER HE MIGHT PAY HIS NEXT VISIT IN

NOVEMBER PERHAPS TAKING OVER MR WALKER'S ORIGINAL DATES

(12-15 NOVEMBER)? WE KNOW THAT IN ADDITION TO THE STATE VISIT

IN OCTOBER, WHEN SIR G HOWE WILL ALSO VISIT CHINA, THERE IS A

JOINT LIAISON GROUP MEETING IN NOVEMBER, A VISIT BY LORD COCKFIELD

(IN WHICH YOU WILL NO DOUBT BE FULLY INVOLVED BECAUSE OF THE

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