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INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON, CG NEW YORK, BIS NEW YORK
INFO PRIORITY ROME, PEKING
NEW YORK TELNO 828 AND WASHINGTON TELNO 2771:
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO NEW YORK
1. THANK YOU FOR THIS HELPFUL ADVICE. WE HAVE CONSULTED
NUMBER TEN.
2. THE PRIME MINISTER'S MAIN CONCERN AT PRESENT IS TO HAVE
ENOUGH TIME TO WORK ON HER SPEECH IN NEW YORK, GIVEN THAT
SHE WILL HAVE NO TIME TO DO SO BEFOREHAND. FOR THE TIME BEING
SHE WISHES TO TAKE ON ONLY 'COMPULSORY' ENGAGEMENTS PLUS
A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF OTHERS. WE DO NOT EXCLUDE THAT
EARLY NEXT WEEK THE PRIME MINISTER MAY AGREE TO THE IDEA
OF A DINNER WITH BANKERS AND ONE MEDIA ENGAGEMENT.
WE RECOGNISE OF COURSE THAT IT WILL BY THEN BE GETTING LATE TO
ENSURE A GOOD TURNOUT TO THE FORMER. ON THE LATTER THE PRIME
MINISTER IS RELUCTANT TO SEE TOO MUCH OF THE MEDIA WHICH IS LIKELY
TO FOCUS HEAVILY ON IRELAND.
3.
THIS MEANS THAT FOR THE TIME BEING THE PRIME MINISTER
WISHES TO UNDERTAKE ONLY THE FOLLOWING ENGAGEMENTS:
A) BILATERALS WITH CRAXI, ZHAO ZIYANG AND THE
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