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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELNO OTTER 237

OF 18140OZ SEP 86

AND TO IMMEDIATE PARIS

DAYA BAY: SIGNING CELEBRATION

BENJAMIN SPOKE TO RAVIER, WHO REPORTED THE OUTCOME OF

DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR AND M.NOIR.

THE ISSUE OF APPROPRIATE FESTIVITIES WAS TOUCHED ON, AND IT WAS AGREED THAT NEITHER GOVERNMENT WOULD SEND REPRESENTATIVES

FROM CAPITALS. THERE WAS ALSO A VIEW THAT, RECOGNISING THE LOGISTIC LIMITATIONS OF PEKING, AMBASSADORS SHOULD SORT OUT A MUTUALLY AGREEABLE SHARING, SINCE WE WISH TO PRESENT THE

OUTCOME AS A JOINT CELEBRATION.

2 RAVIER SAID THAT THE AMBASSADOR REMARKED THAT HE HAD HAD

A GARBLED CONVERSATION WITH HIS CHARGE, WHO HAD SAID THAT THE BRITISH WERE KEEN ON. TAKING OVER THE DINNER. BENJAMIN

REASSURED RAVIER THAT THE CONSISTENT AIM WAS TO PRESENT THE

GOVERNMENT SIDE AS A JOINT CELEBRATION. RAVIER HIMSELF

REMARKED THAT THE PRESENT CHARGE, FROM HIS OWN EXPERIENCES DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS, WAS INCLINED TO BE RATHER MORE PURIST THAN THE USUAL INCUMBENTS OF SUCH SEATS, AND HE READILY RECOGNISED THAT THERE COULD BE SOME PERSONALITY PROBLEMS.

3 THE NEW AMBASSADOR IS DUE TO BE LEAVING PARIS TOMORROW, AND APPARENTLY ONE OF HIS FIRST CHARGES IS TO LIAISE WITH YOU ON

THIS GREAT EVENT.

HOWE.

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