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DD 010130Z PEKIN
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CONFIDENTIAL
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FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 010900Z FCO
TELNO 138
OF 010830Z FEBRUARY 93
AND TO DESKBY 010130Z PEKING
STRICTLY PERSONAL FOR SIR JOHN COLES PEKING STRICTLY PERSONAL FOR HMA.
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YOUR TELNO 61 AND PEKING'S TELNO 131: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO PEKING.
1. I AGREE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S FEELING THAT IF WE ARE NOT A LOT NEARER RESOLVING OUR DIFFERENCES WITH THE CHINESE BY MARCH/APRIL IT WOULD NOT BE WISE FOR HIM TO GO TO PEKING AT THAT TIME. WHEN HE WENT IN 1991 WITHOUT ANY CLEAR SIGNAL FROM THE CHINESE THAT THEY WANTED A FINAL SOLUTION TO THE AIRPORT PROBLEM HE WAS INDEED GIVEN THE RUN-AROUND.
2. I AGREE ALSO WITH YOU THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY AT THE MOMENT WHETHER A VISIT IN THE WHITSUN RECESS STANDS ANY GREATER CHANCE OF SUCCESS. THE LINE PROPOSED BY THE AMBASSADOR IN PARA 6 OF HIS TUR SEEMS RIGHT TO ME: WE NEED TO OBTAIN SOME INDICATION FROM THE CHINESE THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO PAY A PRICE FOR A VISIT TO PEKING.
3. AS THE AMBASSADOR POINTS OUT, THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM IN EXPLAINING WHY THE SECRETARY OF STATE WAS IN THE REGION BUT WAS NOT PREPARED TO VISIT CHINA. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHETHER QIAN HAS COMMITMENTS TO VISITING ANY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES OR OTHER NEUTRAL LOCATIONS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. IF WE WERE THEN TO PROPOSE A MEETING AT ONE OF THOSE VENUES IT WOULD BE EASIER TO EXPLAIN OUR POSITION.
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