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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELNO 10
OF 061204Z JANUARY 86
AND TO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK, HONG KONG
MR RENTON'S VISIT
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SUBJECT TO YOUR AGREEMENT WE PROPOSE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT ON TUESDAY, 7 JANUARY.
QUOTE MR RENTON WILL BE VISITING CHINA AND THAILAND FROM 18-23 AND 24-27 JANUARY RESPECTIVELY WITH AN OVERNIGHT STOP IN HONG KONG ON 23 JANUARY. WHEN MR RENTON TOOK OVER FROM MR LUCE
AS FCO MINISTER OF STATE HE MADE CLEAR THAT HE INTENDED AS SOON AS CIRCUMSTANCES PERMITTED TO UNDERTAKE THE VISIT TO CHINA AND
THAILAND THAT MR LUCE HAD PLANNED TO MAKE. WHILE IN CHINA AND THAILAND MR RENTON WILL MEET WITH MINISTERS FOR DISCUSSION ON SUBJECTS OF MUTUAL INTEREST UNQUOTE.
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NEWS DEPT
INFO DEPT
PROTOCOL DEPT
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W. HARDING
DR WILSON.
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