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VISIT OF THE PRIME MINISTER TO PEKING AND HONG KONG WA
Thank you for your letter of 14 November about the Prime
Minister's visit to Peking and Hong Kong.
Before dealing with the specific points in it, we need to
consider timings. As you will be aware from separate corres-
pondence, the Prime Minister has agreed to visit Washington to
meet President Reagan on her way back from Peking and Hong Kong.
I have asked you to look urgently at the possible timings. At
the least this is bound to have implications for the programme
in Hong Kong, in particular the idea of holding a press con-
ference on 22 December.
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Pending a decision on that, the Prime Minister is in
general content with the proposals in your letter for Peking.
Given how much has to be crammed into a short time, the two
speeches in Peking must both be kept short. We must also leave
plenty of time for preparation of them. It would be helpful to
have drafts no later than 10 December.
As regards Hong Kong, so much depends on the time avail-
able that it is not possible to reach a considered view on the
programme there until we know what time the Prime Minister has
to leave.
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