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that Kyushu (options (i) or (ii)) would offer an interesting

and agreeable alternative.

China

11.

Lord Carrington will arrive in Peking on the morning

of 2 October. He would probably find it useful to have a

private lunch/briefing with Sir Percy Cradock before moving

into his substantive programme in the afternoon.

12.

There will be a need for two sessions of talks with

Huang Hua, one on international and the other on bilateral

issues. Call(s) on 'state leaders' would also be normal.

Sir Percy Cradock considers that we should ask for calls on

Premier Hua Guofeng, and Vice Premiers Deng Xiaoping and Zhao

Ziyang (hoping for two of them). Premier Hua and Vice

Premier Deng may well have retired from their government

positions (but retained their Party and military posts) by

October. But it would be worthwhile and courteous to ask

to call on them as the two principal protagonists on the Chinese political scene. Zhao Ziyang (who visited the UK

last year) is the coming man in the Chinese government hierarchy

and the most likely successor to Hua as Premier. The

provincial tour may well provide some opportunities for

further, informal exchanges of view, since Lord Carrington

will be accompanied by a senior representative of the Ministry

of Foreign Affairs.

13.

Visiting Ministers normally spend about 4 days in Peking including a couple of days sightseeing. Since he presumably

saw some of the sights during his visit in 1975, Lord Carrington

may want to spend less time there. Two and a half days would probably be the minimum, leaving Peking in the evening of

4 October.

and visits.

This would leave most of one day for sightseeing

A pleasant and relaxing option would be a visit

to and lunch at the Summer Palace, or in the western hills.

Alternatives include the Great Wall/Ming Tombs, Forbidden City/

Temple of Heaven, or visits to a commune, university, school,

etc. I hope that Lord Carrington would also be ready to give

a press conference/briefing; meet EC Ambassadors;

Lady Carrington, meet the Embassy and British community.

and,

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