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28 MARCH
MORNING
AFTERNOON
EVENING
RESINGTEU
VISIT TO GREAT WALL AND MING TOMBS.
VISIT TO TEMPLE OF HEAVEN.
VISIT TO THEATRE (SHOW NOT YET DEC- IDED).
29 MARCH MORNING/AFTERNOON VISIT TO SUMMER PALACE.
EVENING
RETURN BANQUET.
30 MARCH
MORNING
DEPART FOR XIAN,
31 MARCH
PROGRAMME IN XIAN TO BE DECIDED.
1 APRIL
AFTERNOON
DEPART FOR LANZHOU,
2 APRIL
PROGRAMME IN LANZHOU TO BE DECIDED.
3 APRIL
AFTERNOON
DEPART FOR GUANGZHOU.
4 APRIL
4.
DEPART FOR HONG KONG AT WHATEVER TIME
AND BY WHICHEVER METHOD YOU PREFER.
SULLIVAN PROMISED TO PASS THIS ON AND OBTAIN YOUR REACTION AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE. XU SUGGESTED THAT IT MIGHT BE MORE SUITABLE FOR
ANY REPLY TO BE PASSED THROUGH US RATHER THAN THE NCNA SINCE OUR
COMMUNICATIONS WERE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THEIRS (ALTHOUGH UNDER
PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES THIS MAY NOT BE THE CASE).
5. QUERIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT APART FROM THE MEETING WITH LI
QIANG, THE PROGRAMME WAS ENTIRELY OF SIGHTSEEING, XU REPLIED THAT
THIS WAS ONLY THE SIGHTSEEING PART OF THE PROGRAMME: OTHER MEETINGS
MIGHT WELL BE ARRANGED. GEORGE WILL MENTION TO CUI MINGTANG THIS
AFTERNOON THAT THE PROGRAMME LOOKS A LITTLE THIN FROM THE TALKS
POINT OF VIEW. IT WOULD BE OPEN TO US TO PUT IN A REQUEST FOR YOU 10 SEE LIAO CHENGZHI, HUANG HUA OR ZHANG WENJING (VICE/MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS) IF THE CHINESE DO NOT COME UP WITH ANY DEFINITE ENGAGEMENTS DURING THE COMING WEEK. BUT YOU MAY FEEL IT BETTER TO LET THE CHINESE MAKE THE RUNNING.
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YOUR PLACE OF ACCOMMODATION IN PEKING HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED, BUT SULLIVAN PUT IN A BID FOR A GUEST HOUSE NEAR THE EMBASSY. BIRTHE AND I MAY BE ABLE TO ACCOMPANY YOU ON THE FIRST LEG OF YOUR TRIP OUTSIDE PEKING AND WE, OR OTHERS ARE WELCOME TO DO SO.
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