(A) IF YOU COULD LEAVE LONDON AS EARLY AS 10 APRIL YOU
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COULD ACCEPT THE FIRST CHINESE SUGGESTION, ARRIVE IN PCKING ON 20 APRIL AND STILL COMPLETE YOUR TOUR IN TIME TO ARRIVE
TOKYO AS APRANGED ON THE EVENING OF 26 APRIL,
(FLIGHT JL 785 LEAVES PEKING 15.24 FOR TOKYO)
(B) IF YOU CAN POSTPONE YOUR RETURN TO LONDON BY TWO DAYS AND IF HONG KONG AGREE, YOU COULD ACCEPT THE SECOND CHINESE SUGGESTION, ARRIVE IN PEKING ON 4 MAY, OFFICIAL PROGRAMME 5 - 7 MAY, PROVINCIAL TOUR 8 10 MAY, PROGRAMME IN HONG KONG
12 MAY AND FLY OVERNIGHT TO LONDON,
(C) IF YOU CANNOT ADJUST YOUR PROGRAMME IN EITHER OF THESE
WAYS WE MAY HAVE TO CONTEMPLATE COMPRESSING THE VISIT TO CHINA.
IF YOU ARRIVE ON A MAY YOUR PROGRAMME IN PEKING WOULD OCCUPY
5 - 7 MAY WHICH WOULD LEAVE TIME FOR A BRIEF VISIT TO ONLY
ONE CITY ON 8 MAY, IN ORDER TO ARRIVE HONG KONG AS AMRANGED
ON 9 MAY. THIS WOULD BE LESS THAN SATISFACTORY.
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SHOULD DO IN THE PERIOD ? 4 MAY TOKYO WILL BE ABLE TO
ADVISE WHETHER YOU COULD USEFULLY STAY ON PRIVATELY THERE
(COMPARE TOKYO TELEGRAM NO 741 OF 25 JUBE, PARA 2).
IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO STAY PRIVATELY IN PEKING
PCFORE YOUR OFFICIAL VISIT BEGAN.
ALTERNATIVLY, WE MIGHT PRESS THE CHINESE TO ACCEPT OUR PROPOSAL
FOR A VISIT FROM 2-0 PAY ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ON THE
FIRST TWO DAYS YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT CH140 KUAN-HUA TO RECCIVE
YOU PERSONALLY.
5. I SHALL DISCUSS THIS WITH H.M, AMBASSADOR WHO RETURN
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TO PEKING ON 17 SEPTEMBER, HE MAY WISH TO ADVISE FURTHER.
FENN