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7. THE SPEECHES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A CHAMPAGNE TOAST FOR THE DELEGATIONS AND THE OBSERVERS. AT THIS POINT THE OBSERVERS WOULD BE FREE TO LEAVE THEIR PLACES AND MINGLE WITH THE DELEGATIONS.
8. AFTER THE CHAMPAGNE TOAST, L'I, DENG, AND ZHAO WOULD ACCOMPANY THE PRIME MINISTER TO JUST OUTSIDE THE DOOR OF
THE HALL WHERE THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR LEAVE OF THE PRIME MINISTER, YOU, AND SENIOR MEMBERS OF OUR DELEGATION BEFORE LEAVING THEMSELVES. THE PRIME MINISTER AND HER DELEGATION WOULD THEN BE ESCORTED
TO THE CARS BY PROTOCOL OFFICERS.
9. BLUNT STRESSED TO YANG OUR INTEREST IN RECEIVING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE DETAILS OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE CHINESE DELEGATION FOR THE CEREMONY, AND OF THE POSITIONS TO BE OCCUPIED AMONGST THE OBSERVERS BY UMELCO MEMBERS SO THAT THE PRIME MINISTER CAN BE BRIEFED
BEFORE DEPARTURE. YANG WILL TRY AND PROVIDE THESE DETAILS ON MONDAY MORNING. I SUGGEST THAT THE POLITICAL ADVISER MAY WISH TO REPEAT THE LINE BLUNT TOOK ON THE POSITIONING OF UMELCO MEMBERS WITH LU PING, IF HE IS STILL IN HONG KONG, OR WITH THE NCNA.
10. WE SHALL PROVIDE BRIEFING DIAMGRAMS FOR THE
PRIME MINISTER ON ARRIVAL.
11. DETAILS OF THE OBSERVERS INVITED TO PEKING ARE IN MY TELNO 507 TO HONG KONG.
12 SEE MIFT FOR DETAILS OF OTHER ASPECTS OF THE VISIT.
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