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FM FCO 211745Z NOV 80
TO PRIORITY PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 618 OF 21 NOVEMBER
AND TO TOKYO AND HONG KONG
FROM FED
PA.
PEKING TELNO 739 (NOT TO ALL) AND PARA 4 OF TOKYO TELNO 643 (NOT
TO ALL) : SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO THE FAR EAST
1. WE THINK IT WOULD NOW BE AS WELL TO PROPOSE DATES TO THE
CHINESE AND JAPANESE. WE HOPE THAT SIR M MACLEHOSE WILL BE ABLE
TO FIT IN WITH AN ITINERARY AGREED WITH THEM.
2. AS WE HAD PLANNED IN SEPTEMBER, WE WOULD AIM TO VISIT HONG
KONG FIRST SINCE IT WILL BE EASIER TO HAVE A PROPER REST THERE ·
BEFORE EMBARKING ON THE PROGRAMME. THE MOST LOGICAL SEQUENCE
WOULD THEN BE: HONG KONG-CHINA-JAPAN (THOUGH THE LAST TWO COULD
IF NECESSARY BE REVERSED).
3. ON THIS BASIS PLEASE PUT FOLLOWING OUTLINE ITINERARY TO YOUR
HOST GOVERNMENT AND LET US HAVE THEIR REACTIONS AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE:
28-30 MARCH
HONG KONG, INCLUDING REST OVER THE WEEKEND AND AN OFFICIAL
PROGRAMME PRINCIPALLY ON 30 MARCH
31 MARCH-4 APRIL
PEKING AND XIAN
4/5 APRIL-8 APRIL
JAPAN
4.
LORD CARRINGTON WOULD WISH TO BE BACK IN LONDON FOR CABINET
ON 9 APRIL. THIS MAY MEAN THAT ONLY PART OF 8 APRIL WOULD BE
AVAILABLE FOR A PROGRAMME.
CARRINGTON
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