CONFIDENTIAL
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MDHOAN 4149
CONFIDENTIAL"
FM FCO
TO DESKBY 03010DZ PEKING
TELNO 1062
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OF 0213OOZ DECEMBER 87
FROM FED
VISIT TO UK BY
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1. AS YOU KNOW, WU HAS INDICATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE UP SECRETARY OF STATE'S LONG STANDING INVITATION TO HIM TO VISIT THE UK. HE WOULD LIKE TO VISIT BEFORE THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS EXPECTED IN EARLY APRIL, AFTER WHICH HE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ON FROM HIS CURRENT POST.
2.
WE HAVE ENCOURAGED THE CHINESE TO LET US KNOW WHAT DATES THEY HAVE IN MIND BUT THE CHINESE EMBASSY SUGGESTED TO US ON 30 NOVEMBER THAT WE LET THEM KNOW INFORMALLY WHICH DATES MIGHT BE FEASIBLE, SO THAT THEY COULD FEED THIS IN WHILE PEKING WERE ALSO CONSIDERING POSSIBLE DATES FOR AN ASSOCIATED VISIT BY WU TO THE
US.
3. OUR ORIGINAL PROPOSALS WERE TO HAVE WU IN THE UK OVER A WEEKEND SO THAT HE COULD HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO SEE SOMETHING OUTSIDE LONDON. THE ONLY POSSIBLE DATES, WHICH THEMSELVES WILL REQUIRE SOME REJUGGLING OF OTHER EVENTS, ARE 11,12,13 OR 19,20,21, OR 26, 27, 28 MARCH. ONE OF THESE THREE COULD FORM THE CORE OF A VISIT WHICH WOULD INCLUDE TALKS A DINNER, POSSIBLY A WEEKEND MEETING AT CHEVENING, AND SOME
AND SOME TIME FOR VISITING OUTSIDE LONDON. WE WOULD ALSO EXPECT TO ADD ON A DAY OR TWO AT THE BEGINNING OR END TO ALLOW WU TO UNDERTAKE OTHER ENGAGEMENTS IN LONDON, INCLUDING PERHAPS A CALL ON LORD YOUNG AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT.
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WE HAVE PASSED THESE THREE ALTERNATIVES TO THE CHINESE EMBASSY WITH THE REQUEST THAT WE HAVE SOME INDICATION, BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, WHETHER SOME OF THESE DATES ARE AT LEAST STARTERS.
5. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ALSO EXPLORE POSSIBLE DATES WITH THE MFA, AND REPLY DESKBY 071000.
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