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PEKING TELNO 890 AND TELECOM CLIFT/HUM: MY VISIT TO FUJIAN AND
ZHEJIANG.
AS REPORTED IN TUR CONSULTATION ON 16 MAY ESTABLISHED THAT ON BALANCE THE CHINESE WOULD PREFER POSTPONEMENT RATHER THAN SHORTENING OF THE VISIT. THE WEN WEI PO HAD, ON THE MORNING OF 16 MAY, LEAKED THE FACT THAT POSTPONEMENT WAS UNDER CONSIDERATION SO WE WERE UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE MEDIA THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
2. WE THEREFORE ISSUED A PRESS STATEMENT ANNOUNCING THE POSTPONEMENT ON THE EVENING OF 16 MAY (TEXT AND MATERIAL FOR HANDLING QUESTIONS IN MIFT).
3. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO PEKING FOR THEIR HELP IN EXTRACTING
THE DECISION FROM THE CHINESE.
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