TNAG-2801-FCO40-4041-Hong-Kong-six-monthly-meetings-of-foreign-ministers-1993 — Page 34

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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, UKMIS NEW YORK

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MY TELNOS 1203 AND 1217: YOUR VISIT TO UNGA: BILATERAL WITH CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER

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DURING MY PRIVATE SESSION WITH JIANG ENZHU TODAY (9 SEPTEMBER), I TOLD HIM THAT YOU AGREED TO THE CHINESE SIDE'S PROPOSAL ON THE TIMING FOR A MEETING WITH QIAN QICHEN IN NEW YORK ON 1 OCTOBER. THE EXACT DETAILS WERE BEING WORKED OUT BY OUR TWO MISSIONS IN NEW YORK. JIANG WELCOMED THIS CONFIRMATION.

2. I ALSO TOLD JIANG THAT YOU THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE USEFUL IF YOU AND QIAN WERE ABLE TO HAVE A TETE A TETE AT SOME POINT DURING THE MEETING, PERHAPS AT THE BEGINNING. JIANG UNDERTOOK TO PASS ON SUGGESTION.

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UKMIS NEW YORK TELNO 3141. CONFIRMING THAT THE DETAILS OF THE BILATERAL ARE NOW FIXED, DID NOT REACH US UNTIL AFTER THIS MEETING.

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