CONFIDENTIAL
101
037342
MDHIAN 7917
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO DESKBY 07230OZ UKDEL TOKYO
TELNO MISC 85
OF 071045Z JULY 93
INFO IMMEDIATE FCO, HONG KONG
FOLLOWING FOR SECRETARY OF STATE'S PARTY
(99)
Taken
Smuthly
16
meeting
OUR TELNO 939 TO FCO : SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO PEKING
SUMMARY
1.
STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT ARRIVAL ARRANGEMENTS AND PROGRAMME, EG WHETHER YOU WILL MEET ANOTHER LEADER AS WELL AS QIAN QICHEN.
DETAIL
ARRIVAL ARRANGEMENTS
2"
THE FOLLOWING CHINESE OFFICIALS WILL BE AT THE AIRPORT TO GREET YOU IN THE SATELLITE:
SONG MINGJIANG (DIRECTOR, WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT, MFA: A FORMER MEMBER OF THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN LONDON, HUSBAND OF MME ZHANG YOUYUN)
- ZHAO JIHUA (DIRECTOR, HONG KONG AND MACAO AFFAIRS OFFICE, MFA)
3.
MFA PROTOCOL AND WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT OFFICIALS.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT VICE-FOREIGN MINISTER JIANG ENZHU AND/OR AMBASSADOR MA YUZHEN WILL ALSO BE THERE. WE HAVE SAID THAT AS THE VISIT IS SO SHORT WE WERE SURE THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD NOT MIND IF GREETING ARRANGEMENTS WERE LESS FORMAL THAN USUAL.
4.
GRATEFUL IF ONE MEMBER OF THE PARTY COULD COLLECT ALL PASSPORTS, ARRIVAL CARDS AND TICKETS (WITH LUGGAGE TAGS) ON THE FLIGHT AND HAND THEM TO A MEMBER OF THE EMBASSY GREETING PARTY.
ORDER OF CARS
5. IF JIANG ENZHU IS AT THE AIRPORT, THE NORMAL CHINESE PROTOCOL
1
PAGE CONFIDENTIAL