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FM HONG KONG

TO DESKBY 28080OZ FCO

TELNO 1042

OF 26050OZ JUNE 93

INFO DESKBY 280001Z PEKING

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INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG

FOR HUM: PEKING:

FROM GOVERNOR

FOR AMBASSADOR.

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втелья meetin

POSSIBLE VISIT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE: 9 JULY.

1.

I AGREE WITH YOU THAT, IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS TO TRAVEL ON COMMERCIAL AIRLINES, HIS PROGRAMME IN PEKING WOULD BE VERY SQUEEZED. I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT THE ALTERNATIVE OF CHARTERING AN AIRCRAFT FROM TOKYO CAN BE ARRANGED, TO ALLOW TIME FOR A LUNCH WITH QIAN OR AN ADDITIONAL WORKING SESSION. PARTICULARLY IF YOU ENVISAGE ANY DISCUSSION OF BILATERAL OR INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO COVER EVERYTHING IN ONE TWO-HOUR SESSION (ALLOWING FOR INTERPRETATION ETC..).

2. WE WILL BE RESPONDING ON 28 JUNE TO PEKING TELNO 889 ON THE

SUBSTANCE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT.

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