Friday, 4 January
1030
Arrive Hong Kong
1200
Depart Hong Kong
1500
Arrive Peking
1800
1930
First meeting with Chou En-lai Welcoming banquet
Saturday 5 January
Morning 1530 Evening
Visit the Forbidden City
Second meeting with Chou En-la Cultural performance
Sunday, 6 January
Morning
1530.
1930
Visit Great Wall and Ming Tomb Third meeting with Chou En-lai Return banquet
2130
Meet Community Ambassadors or hold Press Conference
Monday, 7 January
0900
Depart Peking
1200
Arrive Hong Kong
1900
Depart Hong Kong
Tuesday, 8 January
1000
Arrive London
The abbreviation of the programme would be at the expense of the.. provincial tour in China and of the greater part of the visit to Hong Kong. We believe that both could be abandoned in the cir cumstances, although we do attach importance to the Prime Minister spending 5 or 6 hours in Hong Kong on his return journey.
In the event of the Prime Minister deciding that he might postpone the visit, I enclose a draft message to Chou En-lai.
CONFIDENTIAL
(P.H. Grattan)