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MY TELNO 273: FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE VISIT
1.
THE MFA IS STILL PUTTING TOGETHER THE DETAILED PROGRAMME FOR THE FAC, AND WE HAVE NOT YET HAD MANY PRECISE TIMINGS. SO FAR, ONLY TWO EVENTS ARE CONFIRMED. THEY ARE A "POLITICALLY INCORRECT" DINNER AT THE REGENT HOTEL AT 2000 ON 20 OCTOBER, WITH OPPOSITION FIGURES (PROBABLY HOSTED BY ME), AND A CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER FREDRICK CHIEN AT 1215 ON 21 OCTOBER. THE MINISTER WILL THEN HOST A LUNCH, TO WHICH THE MFA PLANS TO INVITE KMT LEGISLATORS FROM THE TAIWANESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, AND A NUMBER OF SENIOR OFFICIALS.
2.
WE NOW PLAN TO INVITE SENIOR KMT FIGURES AND BUSINESSMEN TO A LUNCH, PROBABLY AT THE HILTON, ON 20 OCTOBER, TO BE HOSTED EITHER BY THE KMT THEMSELVES OR, POSSIBLY, THE SINO-BRITISH CULTURAL AND
ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION.
3.
THE MFA ARE FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT THEY CAN ARRANGE CALLS ON PRESIDENT LEE, PREMIER LIEN CHAN, AND THE MINISTERS OF DEFENCE AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS. TIMES ARE NOT YET SET. THEY ARE LESS CERTAIN OF GETTING HUANG KUN-HUEI, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MAINLAND AFFAIRS COUNCIL. THEY EXPECT TO HAVE A SOLID PROGRAMME READY BY 15 OCTOBER, WHICH WE SHALL FORWARD BY FAX.
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GIVEN THE CONCURRENCE WITH MR NEEDHAM'S VISIT, I SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMPANY THE FAC THROUGHOUT, BUT I SHALL CERTAINLY ATTEND THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S LUNCH AND HOPE TO ACT AS HOST AT THE DINNER ON 20 OCTOBER.
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