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they wish to cover the Secretary of State's visit to China.
Total numbers may be between 20 and 24. This will depend to
a considerable extent on whether it would be possible for the
Chinese to make arrangements for the journalists to see something
of the country in conjunction with the visit. (The journalists
will have to meet the costs of their travel to and from China;
some of those who would wish to accompany the Secretary of State
have inuicated that they would only be able to go to China if
they wore able to stay longer than 4 days and see parts of the
country outside Peking.) llows Department are in touch with the
Chinese Embassy here and will see what can be arranged. It is
not proposed that the journalists should be rogarded as forming
part of the Becretary of State's party.
K. LADY DOUGLAS-HOME'S PROGRAMME
18. To be discussed.
Far Eastern Department
27 July 1972
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