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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
YOUR TELNOS 978 AND 983: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: SIGNING CEREMONY
1. MS ROGAN (FIRST SECRETARY), WHO HAS BEEN DEALING WITH MOU ARRANGEMENTS IS ALSO HANDLING THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SIGNING CEREMONY AND WILL ASSIST THE PRIME MINISTER DURING THE CEREMONY. WE ARE FAXING COPIES OF PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR SIGNING CEREMONIES TO FED. WE HAVE REMINDED PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT ABOUT SPEECHES. THEY THINK SPEECHES WILL BE MADE AFTER THE CHAMPAGNE TOAST BUT HAVE YET TO CONFIRM WHO WILL SPEAK FIRST.
2. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEXTS ARRIVED HERE ON 2 AUGUST IN GOOD ORDER. ROGAN EXCHANGED PHOTOCOPIES OF THE FINAL VERSIONS WITH THE CHINESE SIDE TODAY (29 AUGUST). WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE CHINESE VERSION NOW.
3. THE CHINESE SIDE HAVE PRODUCED TWO PLAIN MAROON LEATHER-LOOK TREATY FOLDERS FOR THE SIGNING CEREMONY, ONE TO CONTAIN THE TWO TEXTS THEY WILL KEEP AND THE OTHER THE TEXTS WE WILL KEEP. THEY SUGGEST FIXING THE MOU TEXTS INTO THE FOLDERS WITH RIBBON OUR FOLDER WILL HAVE THE ENGLISH TEXT ON TOP, THEIRS THE CHINESE VERSION. THEY INTEND TO USE RED RIBBON. WE HAVE HERE A SUPPLY OF BLUE RIBBON USED FOR NOTES ETC. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION DESKBY 28233OZ THAT THERE IS NO DIFFICULTY IN AGREEING THIS FORMAT WITH THE CHINESE USING THEIR RED RIBBON AND US OUR BLUE RIBBON.
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