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Viewing cable 01VATICAN5629, VATICAN PLAYS CHINA GAMBIT. AWAITS CHINA'S

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01VATICAN5629 2001-10-30 14:39 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Vatican 
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
 
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 02 VATICAN 005629 
 
SIPDIS 
 
C O R R E C T E D  C O P Y (ADDED TEXT SECTION 2) 
 
BEIJING PASS CHENGDU 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR DRL (FARR); EUR/WE (MENNUTI); EAP/CM 
(KOEHLER) 
 
NSC FOR K JARRETT 
 
FROM EMBASSY VATICAN/MESSAGE NO. 188/01 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/29/11 
 
TAGS: PREL PGOV KIRF PINR VT CH
SUBJECT: VATICAN PLAYS CHINA GAMBIT. AWAITS CHINA'S 
MOVE. 
 
 
PRESIDENT HAD DELIVERED A STRONG MESSAGE IN SUPPORT OF 
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND HAD PRIVATELY ASKED PRC 
PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN TO RESUME DIALOGUE WITH THE 
VATICAN, CELLI, ESPECIALLY ATTENTIVE, SOLICITED AN 
URGENT READ-OUT ON JIANG ZEMIN'S RESPONSE. HE REPEATED 
THIS REQUEST AT MEETING'S CLOSE. 
 
ΒΆ7.  (C) ACTION REQUEST: EMBASSY REQUESTS GUIDANCE AND 
TALKING POINTS IN RESPONSE TO VATICAN APPEAL FOR A 
READOUT ON PRESIDENTIAL DISCUSSIONS IN SHANGHAI AND 
USG APPRAISAL OF PRC REACTIONS TO THIS PAPAL 
INITIATIVE. 
NICHOLSON 
 
                       CONFIDENTIAL 
 
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 2001VATICA05629 - Classification: CONFIDENTIAL