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FM HONG KONG 170305Z DEC 84
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1435 OF 17 DECEMBER
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MY TELNO 1429 : PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT : ADMINISTRATIVE
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1. NCNA HAVE THIS MORNING TOLD US THAT IT WILL NOT (NOT) BE
POSSIBLE FOR MATTEWS AND NAZARETH TO BE ACCOMMODATED WITH THE
OBSERVERS SINCE THERE IS APPARENTLY NO ROOM AT THE HOTEL WHERE
THE GROUP WILL BE STAYING. THEY HAVE SUGGESTED THAT WE MAKE OTHER
ARRANGEMENTS. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SAY WHETHER MATTHEWS
AND NAZARTH WILL BE INCLUDED IN PROGRAMME EVENTS FOR THE OBSERVERS.
2. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD SPEAK AGAIN TO THE MFA,
STRESSING THE AWKWARDNESS WHICH WOULD ARISE IF MATTHEWS AND
NAZARETH WERE NOT TO BE PROPERLY LOOKED AFTER WHILE IN PEKING.
THE EASIEST SOLUTION, AS WE SEE IT, REMAINS THAT PROPOSED IN MY TUR 1.E. TO TREAT THEM AS THOUGH THEY WERE MEMBERS OF THE OBSERVERS GROUP EXCEPT FOR THE SIGNATURE CEREMONY. THE ONLY SATISFACTORY ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE FOR THEM TO STAY AT THE DIAOYUTAI WITH THE
PRIME MINISTER'S PARTY.
3. WE MUST LEAVE IT TO YOU TO FIND A PRACTICABLE SOLUTION. IT
WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD TELEGRAPH THE OUTCOME TO REACH
HERE DESKBY 18003OZ SO THAT MATTHEWS AND NAZARETH CAN BE INFORMED
BEFORE DEPARTURE.
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