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C IDENTIAL

KBY 091939Z

FM PEKİNG 0908252 MAR 79

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 294 OF 9 MAR

CONFIDENTIAL

PAP

HICK

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15

RECEIVED IN%

AN 12 MAR 1979

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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG

YOUR TELNO 194: YOUR VISIT TO CHINA

INDEX

PA

Action Taken

123

No

1. I TOLD SONG ON 9 MARCH OF YOUR AMENDED TIMING.

2,

SONG PROMISED TO REPORT TO HUANG HUA. HE SHOWED SOME DISAPP- OINTMENT AT THE SHORTNESS OF THE VISIT, BUT BELIEVED THAT THE

CHINESE SIDE WOULD AGREE TO THE PROPOSAL. HE ASKED WHETHER YOU

OR MRS OWEN HAD ANY SPECIFIC INTERESTS. I SAID I FEARED YOU WOULD NEED MOST OF YOUR TIME FOR MEETINGS, APART FROM A LITTLE LOCAL SICHTSEEING, BUT WOULD PASS ON YOUR VIEWS AND ANY REQUESTS

MRS OWEN MIGHT HAVE.

3. I HOPE THAT IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO USE THE RAF VC10

REFERRED TO IN YOUR TUR TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM PEKING. IF YOU TRAVEL BY REGULAR CHINESE FLIGHTS, YOU WOULD NOT BE IN PEKING UNTIL 8.00PM, AND YOUR STAY WOULD BE LIMITED TO LESS THAN 48 HOURS.

4 I SHALL OFFER FURTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR THE DETAILED PROGRAMME

OF THE VISIT WHEN WE HAVE HAD AN OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM THE

CHINESE,

CRADOCK

FILES

FED

HK & GD

MED

SAD

SEAD

SEC.D.

PUSD

PLANNING STAFF

P & CD NEWS D

PS

PS/MR. LUARD

PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS

MR.CORTAZZI

MR.MURRAY

MR.J.MOBERLY

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