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3.

An invitation to the Minister responsible for foreign

economic relations to visit the UK and an indirect

invitation to the Deputy Foreign Minister to come to

London for talks have yet to be taken up. An early visit

by Lord Glenarthur might give the misleading impression

that we were chasing the Mongolians. I therefore

recommend that we plan for a visit to Mongolia by the

Minister of State after either of the Mongolian Ministers

has been here. If this were to take place in 1989 on

1990 it would give us appropriate spacing in

Anglo-Mongolian exchanges.

4.

I believe that Lord Glenarthur could put 5 or 6 full

days in China to excellent use. Although several

Ministers have visited China few have ventured beyond the

well troddened route of Peking Shanghai Canton. I

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recommend two sample itineraries for consideration:

(a)

Chengdu-Chongqing route (Sichuan Province)

22 June

24/25 June

Hong Kong to Peking

Peking to Chongqing (site for

JBE power station, contract soon

to be signed, supported by soft

loans)

PD3ABI

27 June

29 June

Chongqing to Chengdu

Chengdu to Hong Kong to London

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