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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2943 OF 10/12/34
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
FROM THOMSON:
see 320
MIPT:
PRIME MINISTERS VISIT
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1. DURING MY CALL ON LUO JIAHUAN THIS AFTERNOON I TOOK THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK/RAISE:
(A) IF DETAILS WERE AVAILABLE OF WHATEVER PROGRAMME WAS BEING DRAWN UP FOR THE OBSERVERS FROM HONG KONG.
LUO SAID THAT THE OBSERVERS PROGRAMME WAS BEING DRAWN UP BY THE HONG KONG AND MACAO OFFICE. HIS UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE OVSERVERS WOULD BE INVITED TO THE WELCOMING CEREMONY FOR THE PRIME MINISTER ON THE MORNING OF 19 DECEMBER: TO LUNCH HOSTED
BY A LEADER: TO THE SIGNATURE CEREMONY IN THE AFTERNOON: AND TO
THE WELCOMING BANQUET FOR THE PRIME MINISTER IN THE
EVENING.
(B) INTERPRETATION OF SPEECHES. I SAID THAT WE ENVISAGED
Y P CHENG INTERPRETING THE PRIME MINISTER'S SIGNATURE
CEREMONY SPEECH BUT WONDERED ABOUT INTERPRETATION OF THE BANQUET SPEECH. LUO SAID THAT THE QUESTION OF INTERPRETATION TRANS- LATION OF THE SIGNATURE CEREMONY SPEECHES WAS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION, THOUGH HE BELIEVED THAT THE CHINESE SIDE
WOULD COME DOWN IN FAVOUR OF LIVE INTERPRETATION:
HE CONFIRMED THAT THE BANQUET SPEECH SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED
BUT TRANSLATED IN ADVANCE AND CIRCULATED IN TRANSALTION
AT THE BANQUET. HE SAID THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD THEREFORE
NEE A SIGHT OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH AST AS EARLY
AN OPPORTUNIT -' 09''8?)3, TO ALLOW ADEQUATE TIME
FOR TRANSLATION AND PRINTING.
(C) THE LOCATION FOR THE FORMAL TALKS WITH ZHAO.
LUO CONFIRMED THAT THESE WOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE GREAT HALL
OF THE PEOPLE. IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE 15 A SIDE AT THE
MAIN TABLE
REPEATED AS REQUESTED
EVANS
HMITEO
HKD
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