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CONFIDENTIAL

ZCZC

CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELNO

OF 141337Z MAY 93

AND TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

IMMEDIATE

SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING AT FOREIGN MINISTER LEVEL: PROPOSED

BILATERAL WITH THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER

1. On the assumption that the meeting of the Security Council at

Foreign Minister level firms up for 21 May, and that the Chinese

will Foreign Minister attend, I would like to take the opportunity to

hold a bilateral with Qian.

I plan to arrive in New York on the morning of 21 May (I will

not be able to get there the previous evening) and to return to

the UK overnight (the last flight to London leaves at 2100). The

timetable for the Security Council remains unclear. I therefore

suggest that we aim provisionally for a bilateral in the early

evening, say at 1730. It might in the event be possible to bring this forward a bit.

3. I should be grateful if you could put urgently to the MFA the

proposal for a bilateral provisonally at 1730 on 21 May, on the

assumption

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