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FM HONG KONG 09010OZ AUG 82
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 858 OF 09 AUGUST
INFO PEKING
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PEKING TELNO 421 OF 5 AUGUST: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARA 4 OF ELLIOTTS' TELELETTER OF
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3 AUGUST AND BEFORE RECEIPT OF PEKING TUR DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL ASKED Y K PAO WHAT PROGRAMME HE ENVISAGED ON BASIS THAT FLIGHT FROM PEKING DRIVE FROM AIRPORT AND CALL ON MAYOR WOULD TAKE UNTIL SAY 1230. (ACCORDING TO TIMING IN YOUR TELNO 291 RECEIVED SUBSEQUENTLY IT WOULD BE EARLIER). HE SUGGESTED A LUNCH IN CENTRAL SHANGHAI AT 1300 WITH HIMSELF AS HOST AND INCLUDING AS GUESTS HIGH SHIPBUILDING OFFICIALS FROM PEKING, LASTING UNTIL 1430. PARTY WOULD THEN DRIVE TO SHIPYARD WHERE LAUNCHING WOULD TAKE PLACE AT 1500 FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION GIVEN BY SHIPBUILDERS FROM SAY 1600 TO 1700.
2. CURLE SAID HE WOULD TRANSMIT THESE SUGGESTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION WHEN SHANGHA PROGRMNE WAS WORKED OUT BETWEEN H M EMBASSY PEKING AND NO 10.
3. Y K PAO MENTIONED THAT HE WOULD SEE ATKINSON IN PEKING ON 15 AUGUST. IF FCO AND CHINESE APPROVED HE WOULD LIKE TO FLY FROM PEKING TO SHANGHAI IN THE AIRCRAFT TAKING THE PRIME MINISTER. (HE HAS SINCE SENT US A COPY OF A TELEX TO HIS PEKING AGENT SAYING HE (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) WILL ARRIVE INSAME AIRCRAFT).
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