RESTRICTED
T LETTER
FROM: JP WATSON, PEKING
FILE REF: 026/13
27 AUGUST 1982
FOLLOWING FOR: ID KYDD, PRESS OFFICE, 10 DOWNING STREET
COPIED TO: N J COX, FED, FCO
NEWS DEPARTMENT, FCO
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BR JOHNSTON, GIS, HONG KONG
R MARGOLIS, APA, HONG KONG
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PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: PRESS
1. I DISCUSSED PRESS ARRANGEMENTS AGAIN WITH FANG SONGZHUO ON 27
AUGUST AND GAVE HIM THE PROVISIONAL LIST OF THOSE TRAVELLING ON
THE VC-10.
2. FANG ASSURED ME THAT ALL BRITISH JOURNALISTS IN THE TRAVELLING PRESS PARTY, WHETHER THEY WERE ON THE VC-10 OR MAKE THEIR OWN WAY TO PEKING, WILL BE TREATED IN THE SAME WAY, AND THE CHINESE WILL
CATER FOR THEIR ACCOMMODATION, TRANSPORT, FLIGHTS FROM PEKING TO
SHANGHAI ETC. HE ACCEPTED THAT THE CHINESE SHOULD SETTLE ALL BILLS
DIRECTLY WITH THE JOURNALISTS.
3. FANG CONFIRMED THAT THE FLIGHT FROM PEKING TO SHANGHAI WOULD BE
ARRANGED BY THE CHINESE. THE CHARTER FLIGHT FARE WOULD BE THE SAME
AS THE COMMERCIAL FARE EG. YUAN 150. (MRS THATCHER AND THE OFFICIAL
PARTY WILL ALSO BE TRAVELLING THIS SECTOR ON CHINESE AIRCRAFT, AND
WILL REJOIN THE VC-10 AT SHANGHAI.)