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ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE HOURS DRIVE FROM PEKING TO THE NORTH. HAVE VISITED IT YOURSELF, BUT IN CASE YOU DID NOT, IT IS A CHARMING SPOT WITH HALF A DOZEN. EXCELLENT TEMPLES AS WELL AS WHAT IS LEFT OF THE QING PALACE AND THE PARK. THE ATTRACTION OF THIS WOULD BE TO SEE WHERE LORD MACARTNEY HAD HIS FAMOUS MEETING WITH QIAN LONG IN 1793, AND (IF WE ARE LUCKY) THE ROOM WHERE THE EMPEROR RATIFIED THE 1860 TREATY WHEREBY WE ACQUIRED KOWLOON. THIS WAS A JOURNEY WHICH MR. CHRIS PATTEN DID IN 1989 (MAY). THE SECRETARY OF STATE MIGHT CARE TO ASK HIS VIEWS.
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I HAVE FAXED TO YOU TODAY SOME SKETCH MAPS OF TAISHAN WITH A COMMENTARY FROM EVELYNE GARSIDE'S BOOK WHICH I HOPE WILL HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF MY SUGGESTIONS AND TO WHET THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S APPETITE.
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