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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELNO 373

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AND TO IMMEDIATE SHANGHAI

10 JUI 1993

1)

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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

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паркие INFO PRIORITY EC POSTS, UKMIS NEW YORK, UKMIS GENEVA Delhi with a

copy of the report.

to

INFO PRIORITY UKMIS VIENNA, WASHINGTON, (NEW DELHI INFO PRIORITY CANBERRA, WELLINGTON, TOKYO, VIENNA INFO PRIORITY OTTAWA, STOCKHOLM, OSLO, HELSINKI

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a copy of the report a keleletter, if SAD think this is necessary. please 21/6.

AIST 21/6.

FROM FED

FCO TELNO 368 (NOT TO ALL): REPORT OF LORD' HOWE'S MISSION TO CHINA

1.

LORD HOWE'S REPORT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS MISSION, WHICH HE LED TO CHINA LAST DECEMBER, AT THE PRIME MINISTER'S SUGGESTION, WILL BE READY FOR PUBLICATION ON TUESDAY 29 JUNE (SUBJECT TO MINISTERIAL APPROVAL OF THE DATE).

2.

WE ARE PROPOSING TO ANNOUNCE THE REPORT'S PUBLICATION AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE FCO, ATTENDED BY LORD HOWE, HIS DELEGATION AND OFFICIALS, ON THE SAME DATE. WE SHALL ALSO BE ARRANGING FOR A WRITTEN PQ TO BE TABLED IN BOTH HOUSES ON 28 JUNE IN ORDER TO BE AVAILABLE IN HANSARD, ALSO ON 29 JUNE. LORD HOWE WILL CALL ON THE CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES (IN THE ABSENCE OF THE

AMBASSADOR ON LEAVE IN CHINA) ON MONDAY 28 JUNE PERSONALLY TO

HAND OVER A COPY OF HIS REPORT.

3. WE SHALL SEND (BY COMMERCIAL COURIER IN VIEW OF THE LIMITED TIME AVAILABLE) A SMALL NUMBER OF ADVANCE COPIES TO PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI. WE SHALL ALSO SEND OTHER COPY ADDRESSEES 5 COPIES EACH BY BAG FOR INFORMATION, AND FOR HANDING OVER TO USEFUL CONTACTS. IN ADDITION WE SHALL SEND COMPLIMENTARY COPIES TO EC EMBASSIES, AND OTHER MISSIONS IN LONDON INCLUDING THE US, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN, AND AUSTRIA (WHICH SENT ITS OWN HUMAN RIGHT MISSION TO CHINA).

FOR PEKING

4. LORD HOWE WILL PROBABLY WISH TO SEND A SHORT LETTER TO THE DELEGATION'S OFFICIAL HOST, THE PRESIDENT OF PIFA, WHICH WE SHALL

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