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INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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MDHOAN 4343
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FROM FED
YOUR TELNO 1833: VISIT BY LORD CAITHNESS
1. A COMPLICATION HAS ARISEN WHICH AFFECTS THE TIMING OF THE VISIT. LORD CAITHNESS WILL HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE ON MAASTRICHT WHICH HAS NOW BEEN SET FOR 25 NOVEMBER. HE WILL THEREFORE HAVE TO DELAY HIS DEPARTURE UNTIL 26 NOVEMBER, WITH KNOCK-ON EFFECTS FOR HIS PROGRAMME. IDEALLY HE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND HIS VISIT BY TWENTY-FOUR HOURS, OR POSSIBLY A LITTLE LONGER AT THE OTHER END, BUT HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CLEAR THIS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL THEREFORE IN THE MEANTIME FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON
TWO ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS AS FOLLOWS.
SCENARIO A:
27 -29 NOVEMBER : PEKING
30
2
L
DECEMBER : XIAN
M
1
-
3
DECEMBER:
SHANGHAI
4/5/6
DECEMBER : CANTON, SHENZHEN
6
-
7 DECEMBER : HONG KONG
SCENARIO B:
27
29 NOVEMBER : PEKING
30 NOVEMBER:
SHANGHAI
1 DECEMBER :
SIGHTSEEING (? SUZHOU)
2.
2/3/4 DECEMBER: CANTON, SHENZHEN
4 DECEMBER : HONG KONG
UNDER SCENARIO A THE ITINERARY WOULD INCLUDE ALL THE PLACES ORIGINALLY PLANNED BUT WITH XIAN AND SHANGHAI REVERSED AND A LATER ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG AND A LONGER STAY THERE. IF THIS WERE
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