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FROM PEKING 140745Z DEC 34
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2978 OF 14/12/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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17 DEC 1984
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YOUR TELNO 1551: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: PROGRAMME
CALLED ON ZHOU NAN THIS MORNING AND PRESSED HIM FOR DETAILS
OF THE PROGRAMME.
2. ZHOU SAID THAT PLANNING WAS IN ITS FINAL STAGES. ONE OR TWO POINTS REMAINED TO BE SETTLED, BUT HE CULD GIVE ME A FAIRLY FULL PICTURE.
3. WU XUEQIAN AND HE (ZHOU NAN) WOULD MEET THE PRIME MINISTER AT THE AIRPORT ON 18 DECEMBER. THE PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME FOR 19 DECEMBER WAS AS FOLLOWS:
0900
WELCOMING CEREMONY. THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD REVIEW A GUARD OF HONOUR DRAWN FROM THE THREE SERVICES. THIS WOULD TAKE PLACE OUR OF DOORS (TIANANMEN SQUARE). IT WOULD LAST ABOUT 15 MINUTES. THE LONG TERM WEATHER FORECAST WAS FOR A COLD FRONT TO BE AFFECTING PEKING AT THAT TIME. WARM CLOTHES WOULD BE NECESSARY.
CA 0915
CA 0930
LUNCH
SHORT MEETING BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTER AND ZHAO ZIYANG IN THE GREAT HALL, FOLLOWED BY
FORMAL TALKS BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTER AND ZHAO ZIYANG IN THE GREAT HALL. THE NAMES OF THE 15 CHINESE DELEGATION MEMBERS FOR THE TALKS HAD NOT YET BEEN FINALISED. THE TALKS WOULD LAST NOT MORE THAN THREE HOURS AND THEREFORE FINISH AT ABOUT 1200-1230.
TO BE HOSTED BY A SENIOR CHINESE LEADER. THE HOST WAS NOT
YET DECIDED.
AFTERNOON THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD MEET DENG XIAOPING DURING THE
AFTERNOON, PROBABLY AT 1630. A FINAL DECISION ON WHETHER THERE WOULD BE A MEETING WITH HU YAOBANG HAD NOT YET BEEN TAKEN. HU WAS AT PRESENT OUT OF PEKING. HIS PERSONAL FEELING WAS THAT THERE WAS A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT THE MEETING WITH HU WOULD TAKE PLACE. IF LI XIANNIAN DID NOT HOST THE LUNCH
A (ZHOU HINTED THAT HE PROBABLY WOULD BE THE HOST), SEAPARTE MEETING BETWEEN LI AND THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD BE ARRANGED.
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