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CHINESE WILL ALSO WISH TO SHOW MINISTER SOME TOURIST SIGHTS MINISTER WILL WISH TO RETURN HOSPITALITY PD GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD ARRANGE BANQUET IN MINISTER-S HONOUR ON ONE EVENING AND ADVISE ON

11 INVITEES PD FRI 1 APR CLN DEPART PEKING 0910 BY AIR CLN ARRIVE CANTON 1155 PD IN CANTON MR FOWLER WOULD WISH TO VISIT CANTON TRADE FAIR CMM VISIT MARSHALLING YARD/MAINTENANCE DEPOT/RAILWAY FACTORY AND SEE RAILWAY SERVICES IN ACTION PD HE SHOULD PERHAPS MEET YANG QIHUA CMM DIRECTOR OF GUANGZHOU RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION CMM WHO ACCOMPANIED MINISTER GUO PD SAT 12 APR DEPART CANTON 1330 BY AIR ARRIVE HONG KONG 1405 PD FLY BACK TO LONDON MON 14 APR DEPARTING HONG KONG 2000 ARRIVING HEATHROW 0805 ON TUES 15 APR PD GRATEFUL IF BTC HONG KONG COULD ARRANGE FOR ACCOMMODATION AT THE MANDARIN HOTEL FOR PARTY CMM FOR RELEVANT DATES CMM AS DISCUSSED BETWEEN CLARK AND MARCH PD BTC WILL ALSO BE CO-ORDINATING PROGRAMME PD AS YOU KNOW WE HOPE THIS WILL INCLUDE FOLLOWING CLN VISIT TO MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY TOUR OF OTHER TRANSPORT INSTALLATIONS IN THE COLONY (POSSIBLY BY HELICOPTER/LAUNCH) CMM MEETINGS WITH BUSINESSMEN CMM BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL PD WE RECOGNISE THAT THE AMOUNT OF BUSINESS WHICH CAN BE DONE IN THE EARLIER LEG OF THE HONG KONG TRIP WILL BE LIMITED BECAUSE OF THE EASTER HOLIDAY PD BUT TIME IS SHORT AT THE END OF

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