TNAG-0941-FCO40-1160-Visit-by-Lord-Carrington--Secretary-of-State-for-Foreign-and-1980 — Page 243

CONFIDENTIAL

(e) meet EC Ambassadors (over drinks ?)

4 October

leave late afternoon

Provincial tour

EITHER

i

OR

ii

OR

iii

OR

iv

OR

SHANGHAI/SUZHOU

welcome banquet in Shanghai, 4 October

5 October, day trip to Suzhou

am 6 October in Shanghai (see city/river, meet British

community)

leave pm,

6 October

SHANGHAI /HANGZHOU

as for above, with Hangzhou substituted for Suzhou

SHANGHAI/URUMQI

welcome banquet in Shanghai, 4 October

5 October in Shanghai (see city/river, visit commune/

university, meet British community)

leave am 6 October for Urumqi (5-6 hours flying)

arrive Urumqi early pm; general sightseeing; leave evening

SHANGHAI/SUZHOU/URUMQI

welcome banquet in Shanghai, 4 October (meet British community

before/afterwards)

5 October, day trip to Suzhou

leave Shanghai, am 6 October Urumqi (as for (iii) above)

XI AN

welcome banquet in Xian, 4 October

5 and 6 October, sightseeing and visit Rolls-Royce

pm 6 October, leave Xian

OR

vi

XIAN (OR CHENGDU)/URUMQI

OR

vii

welcome banquet in Xian (or Chengdu) 4 October

5 October, sightseeing

leave Xian (or Chengdu) am 6 October for Urumqi (3-3 and

one half hours flying)

6 October, as for (iii) above

CHENGDE/XIAN

fly to Chengde pm 4 October or am 5 October (half hour flying) 5 October, sightseeing in Chengde;

one and a half hours flying)

leave pm for Xian (1 to

6 October, sightseeing and/or visit Rolls-Royce in Xian leave evening

FI

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