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INFO ROUTINE PARIS, TOKYO, SEOUL, ACTOR, MODUK, CANBERRA, HONG KONG INFO ROUTINE UKMIS NEW YORK, UKMIS VIENNA, UKREP JLG HONG KONG INFO ROUTINE B T C HONG KONG

MY TELNO 1932 (NOT TO ALL): VISIT BY US SECRETARY OF STATE BAKER

SUMMARY

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BAKER HAD A PACKED PROGRAMME AND HAD TO DELAY HIS DEPARTURE. HE MET ALL THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP. BOTH SIDES POINT TO SOME PROGRESS BUT MUCH OF THE NEGOTIATION LIES AHEAD. CHINESE GIVE FIRMER DATE FOR ACCESSION TO NPT. BAKER SAYS THEY ARE COMMITTED TO JOIN MTCR IF THEIR CONDITIONS ARE MET. CHINESE DOWN PLAY, AND US EMPHASISE, HUMAN RIGHTS. POSSIBLE MOU ON PRISON LABOUR AGREED. CHINESE NOT TO BLOCK EXIT VISAS PROVIDING APPLICANTS DO NOT FACE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. TWO CHINESE WERE DETAINED, ALLEGEDLY TO PREVENT THEIR MEETING BAKER.

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I AM TO BE BRIEFED BY MY AMERICAN COLLEAGUE WITH EC COLLEAGUES ON 20 NOVEMBER AN INTERIM REPORT ON THE BAKER VISIT MAY BE HELPFUL IN THE MEANTIME.

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US SECRETARY OF STATE BAKER VISITED PEKING FROM 15-17 NOVEMBER

AND DELAYED HIS DEPARTURE FOR A SECOND ROUND OF TALKS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER QIAN QICHEN. HE ALSO MET PREMIER LI PENG, PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY JIANG ZEMIN, PRESIDENT YANG SHANGKUN, MOFERT MINISTER LI LANQING AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE CAI CHENG. IN ALL HE HAD 18 HOURS OF TALKS IN HIS TWO AND A HALF DAYS HERE. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ZOELLICK (UNDER SECRETARY FOR THE ECONOMY), BARTHOLOMEW CU/S FOR SECURITY), SOLOMON CASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC) SCHIFTER (A/S HUMAN RIGHTS) AND PAAL (NSC ASIA DIRECTOR). DISCUSSIONS CONCENTRATED ON US/CHINA TRADE ISSUES, NUCLEAR AND ARMS CONTROL MATTERS, AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

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