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TELNO 1465 OF 17/7/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG,
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1. THOMSON GAVE LUO JIAHUAN THIS MORNING THE INFORMATION IN PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 OF OF FIRST TUR WITH YOUR ETA PEKING AMENDED TO
WE 1000. HE ADDED THAT AS YOUR VISIT WOULD BE A WORKING ONE, PROPOSED THAT DINNER SPEECHES SHOULD BE BRIEF AND CONFINED TO A NORMAL EXCHANGE OF COURTESIES.
2. IN RESPONSE LUO ASKED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS:
(A) WHETHER YOUR ARRANGEMENTS MIGHT ALLOW YOU TO DELAY YOUR DEPARTURE ON 31 JULY BY ONE OR TWO HOURS IF THAT PROVED DESIRABLE. THOMSON SAID HE THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE DIFFICULT, BUT WOULD ENQUIRE.
(B) HOW MANY SESSIONS YOU WOULD WISH TO HAVE WITH WU. THOMSON SAID THAT YOU WERE AWARE THAT WU HAD TO LEAVE FOR LATIN AMERICA ON 30 JULY: HE IMAGINED THAT YOU WOULD WELCOME AS MUCH TIME WITH WU AS THE FOREIGN MINISTER COULD SPARE BEFORE THEN.
(C) WHETHER YOU WOULD PREFER WU'S WELCOMING BANQUET TO TAKE PLACE ON THE FRIDAY OR THE SATURDAY? (LUO ADDED THAT THE CHINESE WERE THINKING OF A SMALLER WELCOMING BANQUET THAN WAS OFFERED IN APRIL IN VIEW OF THE NATURE OF THE VISIT.) THOMSON UNDERTOOK TO ENQUIRE.
(D) TWO OF THE THREE PURPOSES OF YOUR VISIT WHICH I HAD MENTIONED TO ZHOU NAN (PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUR TELNO 736) WERE TO IDENTIFY THE REMAINING PROBLEMS AND TO EXPLORE POSSIBLE WAYS OF OVERCOMING THEM. WHICH SPECIFIC SUBJECTS DID YOU HAVE IN MIND? THOMSON SAID HE COULD NOT GO BEYOND WHAT I HAD ALREADY SAID.
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