PM VISIT IMPERIAL PALACE AND TEMPLE OF HEAVEN
EVENING FREE (I PROPOSE A QUIET SUPPER AT HOME)
MONDAY 20 JANUARY
0900-1100
SIGHTSEEING OR, IF NECESSARY, FURTHER TALKS WITH ZHOU NAN
1100 CALL ON WU XUEQIAN
1230 INFORMAL LUNCH AT PEKING DUCK RESTAURANT HOSTED BY DIRECTOR
OR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT OF THE MFA
PM
(TIMES TO BE FIXED) CALL ON JI PENGFEI AND A STATE ECONOMIC
COMMISSION VICE MINISTER (JIANG CONFIRMED THAT OUR PROPOSALS FOR
THESE TWO CALLS HAD BEEN ACCEPTED).
1930 RETURN DINNER
3. FOR THE PROVINCIAL VISITS JIANG CONFIRMED BOOKINGS ON FLIGHTS
CA1501 (DEPARTING PEKING 0835 UN 21 JANUARY) AND CA 3524 (DEPARTING
SHANGHAI 1015 ON 22 JANUARY). FOR SHANGHAI THEY HOPED TO ARRANGE
A PROGRAMME BASED ON MOUND'S SUGGESTIONS (SEE PARAGRAPH 5 OF YOUR
TELNO 1088). FOR THE AFTERNOON ON 22 JANUARY IN CANTON THEY PROPOSED
TO FIT IN SOME SIGHTSEEING AS WELL AS THE MEETING WITH EP THAT WE
HAD SUGGESTED, BEFORE A CALL ON A PROVINCIAL OR MUNICIPAL LEADER AT
1700 FOLLOWED BY A BANQUET.
4.
JIANG DID NOT HAVE DETAILS OF WHERE THE PARTY WOULD BE STAYING
IN CANTON OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRAVEL FROM THERE TO SHENZHEN. BUT
HE CONFIRMED THAT A VISIT TO SHENZHEN ON THE MORNING OF 22 JANUARY
ON THE WAY TO HONG KONG WAS ACCEPTABLE.
5. (PARAGRAPH 3 OF YOUR TUR). AS WE UNDERSTAND THAT MOUND WILL NOT
BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ROBERTS AS WELL AS THE MINISTER AND WESTMACOTT, WE HAD ASKED THE CHINESE TO ARRANGE HOTEL ACCOMMODATION FOR HIM IN SHANGHAI. JIANG CONFIRMED THAT THIS HAD BEEN DONE.
6.
COMMENT
THE CHINESE MADE CLEAR THEIR PREFERENCE FOR ONE THREE OR THREE-AND-
A-HALF HOUR SESSION OF TALKS WITH ZHOU NAN AS AGAINST TWO TWO HOUR
SESSIONS. IF THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE MINISTER, WE CAN OF
COURSE REVERT, PERHAPSS ON THE BASIS THAT THREE-AND-A-HALF HOURS OF
TALKS AFTER A TWENTY HOUR FLIGHT WILL BE TOO MUCH. ON THE OTHER HAND,
IF MR RENTON IS PREPARED TO ACCEPT WHAT THE CHINESE HAVE PROPOSED,
CONFIDENTIAL
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