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5.
LATIONS
SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS
Royal Visits
13.
The Duke of Kent will visit China from 4-12 June, to open
the British Energy Exhibition.
He will spend 3-9 June in
Peking, before visiting Shanghai and Hangzhou.
His host will
The
be Vice Premier Wang Zhen (who visited Britain last November),
and he will also be received by Vice Premier Li Xiannian. Royal Visits Committee will be considering on 30 May an invitation
which the Chinese have issued to Princess Margaret.
Visit by Premier Hua Guofeng
14.
The Prime Minister has agreed to receive Premier Hua
Guofeng for an official visit from 30 October to 3 November, as proposed by the Chinese, after visits to France and West Germany.
Premier Hua will arrive on 29 October and leave on 5 November.
We understand that the Chinese do not want any further publicity
given to the visit at this tage.
Other Visits
15.
Other important forthcoming Chinese visitors to Britain include a brief weekend stop in London by Vice Premier Geng Biao, 9-11 June, and further visits by the Minister of Sport, 21-28 June; Politburo Member Zhao Ziyuan, 10-17 June (at the head of a delegation from the province of Sichuan); and, probably, the Chinese Deputy Chief of General Staff, Yang Yong, in early July. Arrangements are in hand for all these visitors to be received by Government Ministers as appropriate (except for Vice Premier Geng Biao, who wishes his visit to be an entirely private one).
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