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FM WASHINGTON

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 1148

OF 211635Z MAY 93

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HKCC ORI/1

RECEIVED INTO

24 MAY 1993

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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, MONG KONG-

REGIST Action Taku

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100337

MDHIAN 1945

FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY

pu

سريع

FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY, PS/MR GOODLAD, SIR JOHN COLES, MR CROWE, MR HUM, HKD, FED, ERD

BILATERAL WITH QIAN QICHEN

1

THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THE POSSIBILITY OF A BILATERAL WITH QIAN QICHEN IN ADVANCE OF THE SUMMER RECESS. THE MOST SUITABLE DATE WOULD BE 9 JULY. THAT IS THE LAST DAY OF THE TOKYO G7 SUMMIT: FOREIGN MINISTER'S COMMITMENTS END WITH DINNER ON THURSDAY 8 JULY.

2. THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD LIKE SIR ROBIN MCLAREN, SUBJECT TO HIS VIEWS AND THOSE OF THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG AND THE DEPARTMENT, TO PROPOSE A MEETING WITH QIAN ON 9 JULY. A MEETING IN TOKYO WOULD BE MOST CONVENIENT, BUT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD BE CONTENT TO TRAVEL TO PEKING OR TO MEET AT A MID-WAY POINT, SUCH AS SEOUL. IF HE WENT TO PEKING, IT WOULD BE SOLELY FOR A BILATERAL WITH QIAN, AND WOULD BE STRICTLY FOR THE INSIDE OF A DAY I UNDERSTAND (THOUGH THIS WOULD NEED CHECKING) THAT THERE ARE SUITABLE COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS FROM TOKYO, ARRIVING IN PEKING AROUND NOON, AND DEPARTING FOR LONDON, VIA BANGKOK, AT AROUND 1800.

3. THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD WELCOME ADVICE ON THIS EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE MAY BE ARGUMENTS FOR HOLDING OVER A BILATERAL UNTIL THE UNGA IN SEPTEMBER BUT HE FEELS THAT ON BALANCE WE OUGHT TO OFFER DATES BEFORE THEN.

RENWICK

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