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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 315 OF 4 MAY,/INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG.
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YOUR TELEGRAM NO 244: MR HEATH'S VISIT TC CHINA.
1.
PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT, MEA, CONFIRM THAT MR HEATH AND HIS WHOLE PARTY WILL BE GUESTS OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND THAT
VISIT WILL BE HANDLED BY MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
PROTOCAL DEPARTMENT SAY THAT THEY ARE SUGGESTING TO CHINESE EMBASSY THAT IN VIEW CF LIMITED TIME AVAILABLE VISITS CUTSIDE PEKING SHOULD BE CONFINED TO SHANGHAI AND KUNMING, WITH DEPARTURE FROM
CANTON.
2.
I AM PROPOSING TO MEA THAT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN
PEKING PROGRAMME FOR:
(A)
A DINNER PARTY AT MY HOUSE AND
(B) A RECEPTION AT MY HOUSE TO MEET EMBASSY STAFF, BRITISH
JOURNALISTS IN PEKING AND STUDENTS.
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