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ANNUAL POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS: CANBERRA, 11 MAY 1993

FOLLOW-UP

Issue

1. Meeting between 2 Prime Ministers: press for early confirmation from No 10 of 17 September.

2. TIC arrangements; follow-up urgently on Mr Heseltine's programme and composition of British delegation (ie, including those from business).

Action

SPD

BHC/SPD

3. Pensions: assess consequencies if Australians carry out threat to withdraw from bilateral Social Security Agreement.

SPD/DSS

4. UN Security Council Permanent Membership: include on agenda for Hurd/ Evans meeting on 17 June.

SPD/UND

5.

PNG: consider whether scope for greater coordination of activity over disincentives to PNG investment (eg, consider recommending that Prime Minister raise with wingti at CHOGM).

6.

SPNFZ:

7.

confirm UK position.

Strengthen dialogue over Japan, China and on other Asia-Pacific issues.

SPD

SPD

BHC

initially

8. China/Human Rights: provide details to Australian High Commission of Chinese human rights delegation to the UK, including

FED

Northern Ireland.

9. Japan and Japan-US relations: include on agenda for two Prime Ministers' September meeting between Mr Major and Mr Keating in September.

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