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(ii)

A daily news summary will be telexed by COI to Peking and Hong Kong.

Finance

(a) Peking

11 members of the Delegation will be guests of the Chinese Govt and will receive one tenth of the Class A subsistence.

(b) Hong Kong

(c)

(i) Those staying at Govt House will receive one-third

of Class rate per night (for tipping purposes). Lady Douglas-Home and Lady Greenhill will receive three quarters of this amount per night.

(ii)

Of those staying at the Mandarin Hotel, Serial Nos. 4, 5, 10, 16, 17, 18 and 19 will receive Class Conference Terms and Serials Nos. 6, 7, 9 and 11, Class B Conference Terms, ie the cost of room, breakfast, service and tax will be paid by HMG and a daily residual allowance of half the appropriate subsistence rate will be paid to each person concerned.

(iii) Subsistence arrangements for Serial 21 will be

notified by the Conference Officer when hotel is known.

Subsistence Rates

(i) Peking

Yen 25.00

A & B

(ii) Hong Kong

Class Class B

HK$ 131 HK$98.25

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(a) Exchange rates are as follows:-

Peking

Hong Kong

Administration

Yen 5.43

HK$13.54

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The Conference Officer (Miss E A Deeves) will be responsible for handling the administrative Arrangements at Peking and Hong Kong in conjunction with the British Embassy and Government House respectively. ny enquiries before departure about the arrangements should be made to Mr Jk Moore, Conference and Visits Section, Protocol & Conference Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (tel. 930-8440, xt. 500 or 839-8866, Ext. 460).

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JR Moore

Conference & Visits Section Protocol & Conference Dept

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE SWI 23 October 1972

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