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INFO ROUTINE SHANGHAI, BTC HONG KONG, ATTC TAIPEI
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146017 MDLIAN 0509
YOUR TELNO 505: FAC VISIT
PROGRAMME
1.
ON 9 AUGUST COUNSELLOR RAN THROUGH WITH WANG JINREN (STAFF DIRECTOR OF THE NPC FAC) THE LIST OF INSTITUTIONS THE FAC WISHED TO SEE AND SUGGESTED CALLS ON SPECIFIC LEADERS (QIAO SHI, LI PENG OR ZHU RONGJI, QIAN QICHEN, LU PING). THE NPC WILL STUDY THE PROPOSALS AND REVERT WITH A DRAFT PROGRAMME IN DUE COURSE BUT THEY DO NOT/NOT EXPECT TO MEET THE 6 SEPTEMBER DEADLINE DUE TO A HEAVY SCHEDULE OF BUSINESS. WANG THOUGHT THAT THE SUGGESTED PROGRAMME WAS AMBITIOUS.
2. THE NPC FAC WILL GIVE A WELCOMING BANQUET ON 12 OCTOBER CON HIS PRESENT PLANS MR JOPLING WILL MISS THIS - AND MEETING HIM AT THE AIRPORT WILL BE RATHER AWKWARD) AND HOLD TALKS WITH THE FAC ON 13 OCTOBER FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF HOURS. THE NPC WISH TO KNOW WHETHER THE FAC WOULD LIKE A SIGHTSEEING TRIP. WE SUGGESTED THAT, AS SEVERAL MEMBERS HAD VISITED CHINA BEFORE, A SHORT VISIT TO THE FORBIDDEN CITY MIGHT SUFFICE. GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS.
TAIWAN
3. WANG RAISED THE FACT THAT THE FAC HAD TOLD THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN LONDON AND HAD ANNOUNCED PUBLICLY THAT THEY WOULD BE VISITING TAIWAN. HE REITERATED CHINA'S OPPOSITION TO OFFICIAL CONTACTS WITH TAIWAN BY COUNTRIES WITH WHICH CHINA HAD DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND SAID THAT A VISIT BY THE FAC WOULD HAVE STRONG POLITICAL CONNOTATIONS. HE ASKED THE FAC TO RECONSIDER. WANG MADE CLEAR THAT WHATEVER THE DECISION THE VISIT TO CHINA COULD PROCEED BUT THE WAY IN WHICH THE FAC HANDLE THIS COULD INFLUENCE THE LEVEL AT WHICH THEY ARE RECEIVED IN CHINA.
COSTS
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THE CHINESE WOULD LIKE TO PAY FOR ACCOMMODATION, MEALS AND
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