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TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 1926

OF 222332Z JULY 91

RECE

23 1991

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, ACTOR

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YOUR TELNO 1271: MFN STATUS FOR CHINA: MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME

MINISTER

1.

(I)

II)

III)

I TOOK ACTION ON TUR ON 22 JULY WITH THE FOLLOWING RESULTS:

PACKWOOD, SYMMS AND GRASSLEY WILL BACK THE PRESIDENT:

KASTEN, JEFFORDS AND LOTT ARE UNDECIDED, BUT LEANING TOWARDS THE PRESIDENT:

GARN IS IN UTAH AND MAY MISS THE VOTE.

2.

THE SENATE DEBATE BEGAN ON THE AFTERNOON OF 22 JULY. THE LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT, ALTHOUGH A VOTE MAY BE REACHED LATER TONIGHT, IT WILL PROBABLY BE DEFERRED UNTIL 23 JULY BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED.

MEYER

YYYY

ΜΑΙΝ

72

LIMITED

HKD

FED

NAD

ERD

JOINT DIRECTORATE

EAPD/ODA

ECONOMIC ADVISERS

ESAU

ESED

DISTRIBUTION

72

RAD

NEWS D

PS

PS/LORD CAITHNESS

PS/PUS

SIR J COLES

MR BAYNE

MR MILES

MR BURNS