CONFIDENTAL
WEDNESDAY 18 APRIL
EITHER
? 0800
0930
OR
?
1230
PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE CHANCERY. DEPARTMENT PEKING CAPITAL AIRPORT.
PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE CHANCERY.
CALL ON A LEADER.
DEPART PEKING CAPITAL AIRPORT.
GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS ON THIS OUTLINE. WE ARE AWAITING
YOUR DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE.
4. THE CHINESE HAVE ALSO ASKED WHO WILL ATTEND THE TALKS WITH
WU XUEQIAN. GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHICH MEMBERS OF YOUR PARTY SHOULD BE PRESENT, AND HOW MANY OF THEM SHOULD BE AT THE TABLE. I ASSUME THAT I SHOULD BE PRESENT, AS WELL AS GALSWORTHY, AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE TWO OTHER CHINESE SPEAKERS FROM THE EMBASSY AMONG THE
NOTETAKERS SITTING BEHIND IN ORDER TO MONITOR INTERPRETATION.
THE CHINESE WILL ON USUAL FORM HAVE A LARGE BATTERY OF NOTETAKERS
BEHIND THEIR DELEGATION.
5. ATTENDANCE AT CALLS ON LEADERS SHOULD PROBABLY BE MORE
RESTRICTED. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHO YOU WOULD WISH
TO BE PRESENT.
EVANS
LIMITED
HRD
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