TNAG-2798-FCO40-4038-Hong-Kong-six-monthly-meetings-of-foreign-ministers-1993 — Page 22

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PEKING TELNOS 823 AND 824: HONG KONG: TALKS: WAY FORWARD.

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I DO NOT THINK THAT IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO TAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER A VISIT BY YOU TO PEKING ON 9 JULY WOULD BE PROFITABLE UNTIL WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT THE SIXTH ROUND OF TALKS. BUT I SEE NO DIFFICULTY WITH THE AMBASSADOR TAKING SOUNDINGS ABOUT WHETHER QIAN QICHEN WOULD BE IN PEKING THAT DAY ON THE LINES SUGGESTED IN PARAGRAPH 4 OF FIRST TUR.

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I ALSO AGREE THAT WE SHOULD AIM TO AGREE ON A SEVENTH ROUND OF TALKS IN EARLY JULY WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS PROGRESS AT THE SIXTH ROUND, FOR THE REASONS GIVEN IN PARAGRAPH 5 OF FIRST TUR.

3. I AGREE WITH THE TACTICS FOR THE SIXTH ROUND AS SET OUT IN PARAGRAPH 9 OF SECOND TUR.

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