TNAG-1888-FCO40-2681-Visits-from-Hong-Kong-and-China-to-the-UK-1989 — Page 12

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YOUR TELNOS 3537 AND 3540: VISIT OF XU JIATUN TO UK: CALL ON MR MAUDE

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MR MAUDE HAS AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO OFFER A CALL TO XU. WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE CHINESE EMBASSY, WHO DO NOT YET KNOW THE EXACT DATES OF HIS VISIT.

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WE HAVE CONSIDERED THE RELEVANCE OF THE TERMS OF THE MADRID DECLARATION ON CHINA IN WHICH WE AGREED TO THE SUSPENSION OF BILATERAL MINISTERIAL AND HIGH LEVEL CONTACTS. WE DO NOT THINK

THAT THE MADRID DECLARATION SHOULD PREVENT THIS CALL. XU IS NOT FORMALLY A MINISTER AND HE IS COMING TO THE UK ON A PRIVATE VISIT, NOT AT THE INVITATION OF HMG. FURTHERMORE, COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE SHOWN A CERTAIN UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACT THAT OUR RELATIONS WITH CHINA OVER HONG KONG MEAN WE HAVE TO INTERPRET THE MADRID DECLARATION WITH SOME FLEXIBILITY. THEY DID NOT OBJECT TO MR MAJOR'S OR SIR GEOFFREY HOWE'S MEETINGS WITH QIAN QICHEN.

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