4. FANG ASKED FOR A COMPOSITE LIST OF ALL THE BRITISH JOURNALISTS WHO WISHED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PRESS PARTY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, TETHER WITH ONE COPY OF THE APPLICATION FORM AND TWO (TWO) IDENTICAL PHOTOGRAPHS PER JOURNALIST. WHEN THE LIST IS RECEIVED MFA WILL NOTIFY CHINESE EMBASSIES AS APPROPRIATE FOR THE JOURNALISTS TO COLLECT VISAS, WHETHER IN LONDON, TOKYO ETC. FANG ADDED ALL THE JOURNALISTS WOULD BE ASSUMED TO HAVE RECEIVED APPROPRIATE BRITISH SECURITY CLEARANCES TO TRAVEL WITH THE PM'S PARTY.
5. SATELLITE TRANSMISSION, FANG SAID BBC, ITN AND A HONG KONG TV STATION HAD ALREADY MADE THE APPROPRIATE APPLICATIONS FOR SATELLITE TIME. THERE APPEARED TO BE NOTHING FURTHER WE NEED DO.
6. 1 CONFIRMED THAT WE WANTED TO USE THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON 24 SEPTEMBER. FANG ASKED THAT I NOTIFY HIM HOW MANY CHINESE JOURNALISTS WE WISHED TO INVITE, AND TOTAL NUMBERS, NEARER THE TIME. .
7. ACCOMMODATION. THERE MAY BE SOME SHARING OF ROOMS IN THE HOTEL. THOUGH THE CHINESE WILL TRY TO AVOID THIS. BUT PLEASE IDENTIFY FEMALE JOURNALISTS WHEN YOU SEND THE COMPOSITE LIST.
8. IN PEKING THE PRESS PARTY WILL STAY AT THE MINZU HOTEL, ADDRESS 51 FUXINGMENNEI DAJIE, PEKING. TEL 66-8541. CABLE ADDRESS IS MINZU HOTEL PEKING. TELEX WILL NOT BE INSTALLED UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE VISIT.
9. IN SHANGHAI THE PRESS WILL STAY AT THE JINJIANG HOTEL, ADDRESS 59 MAOMING NANLU, SHANGHAI TEL SHANGHAI 53-4242. CABLE ADDRESS 7777 SHANGHAI. TELEX TO BE INSTALLED LATER.
10. THE ONLY PROBLEM ARISES OVER HONG KONG JOURNALISTS. FANG SAID THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT WAS A BILATERAL MATTER, AND HONG KONG PRESS COULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE ARRANGEMENTS DESCRIBED ABOVE. THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THEIR OWN WAY TO CHINA, AND THEIR OWN BOOKINGS FOR HOTELS AND FLIGHTS. MFA WOULD SEE THAT SOMEONE GAVE THEM ASSISTANCE, BUT NOT AS PART OF THE PRESS PARTY. I EXPLAINED THE DESIRABILITY OF TREATING THE HONG KONG JOURNALISTS AS A GROUP, AND OF NOT OFFENDING THEM, FANG WAS OBDURATE. HE SAID WE COULD PASS TO MFA A LIST OF THE HONG KONG JOURNALISTS FOR REFERENCE IF WE WISHED.