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21 AUG 1972
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TO PRIORITY PEKING TELNO 646' OF 18 AUGUST/INFO MONG KONG. FOLLOWING FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY.
YOUR TELNO 783: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT.
PROGRAMME.
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THE PROVISIONAL PLAN IS THAT THE SECRTARY OF STATE SHOULD LEAVE
ON 27 OCTOBER AND TRAVEL BY RAF VC 10 VIA ANCHORAGE AND SHEMYA (ALEUT) AN ISLANDS) TO PEKING, STOPPING AT SHANGHAI IF THE CHINESE REQUIRE IT. THE EVENING OF 28 OCTOBER AND THE WHOLE OF SUNDAY, 29 OCTOBER WOULD BE CLEAR FOR REST AND SIGHT-SEEING. 30 OCTOBER
1 NOVEMBER WOULD BE DEVOTED TO THE MAIN PROGRAMME OF TALKS AND ENTERAINMENT. ON THE AFTERNOON OF THURSDAY 2 NOVEMBER THE SECRET- ARY OF STATE WOULD FLY TO HONG KONG AND THE WHOLE OF FRIDAY* 3 NOVEMBER WOULD BE SPENT IN HONG KONG DEFORE LEAVING FOR LONDON VIA
GAN AND AKROTIRI ON 4 NOVEMBER. THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD EN- VISAGE THREE MAIN SESSIONS OF TALKS WITH CHI P’END-FEI, AND A SHORT- ER ONE WITH CHOU EN-LAI. HE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE MAO TSE-TUNG, } IMAGINE THAT ENTERTAINMENT WOULD INVOLVE A BANQUET GIVEN BY THE CHINESE AND RETURN DINNER BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. IN ADDITION THERE MIGHT BE A SOCIAL FUNCTION TO MEET EEC AMBASSADORS AND AN
OCCASION TO MEET MEMBERS OF THE EMBASSY STAFF, THE SIGHT-SEEING WOULD PROBABLY FOLLOW A FAIRLY TRADITIONAL PATTERN, BUT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING OF AN AGRICULTARAL COMMUNE CUTSIDE PEKING, WE CAN LOOK AT LADY DOUGLAS-HOME'S PROGRAMME NEARER THE TIME, BUT WOULD WELCOME SUGGESTIONS,
TO SIT TO HONG KONG.
THIS PROGRAMME ENVISAGES A VISIT TO HONG KONG ONLY ON THE RETURN STAGE THE GOVERNOR ORIGINALLY RECOMMENDED A SHORT VISIT TO HONG KONG BOTH ON THE WAY OUT AND ON THE WAY BACK (HONG KONG TELNO 493) 2 HE HAS HOWEVER BEEN CONSULTED AGAIN ON LEAVE AND NOW HAS NO OBJECTION TO A VISIT ON THE WAY BACK ONLY, PROVIDED THERE ARE NO LOCAL CONSID- ERATIONS OF WHICH HE IS UNAWARE.
COMPOSITION OF THE PARTY.'
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