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SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT: PRESS ARRANGEMENTS

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1. THE CHINESE HAVE RECENTLY ADOPTED THE PRACTICE OF ACCREDITING

A POOL OF THIRD COUNTRY CORRESPONDENTS RESIDENT IN PEKING TO COVER

VIP VISITS, MAINLY TO DEAL WITH COMPLAINTS FROM THE

INTERNATIONAL PRESS IN PEKING THAT THEY WERE BEING EXCLUDED

FROM BILATERAL EVENTS. THE CHINESE WILL INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE

POOL IN THE INVITATIONS FOR THE WELCOMING BANQUET FOR THE

SECRETARY OF STATE, AND WILL GIVE THEM SOME BRIEFING DURING

THE VISIT.

2. THE POOL COVERING THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT IS AS

FOLLOWS:

JERZY BAJER, POLISH PRESS AGENCY (PRA) (POLISH NATIONAL)

NEAL ULEVITCH, UPI, (US)

ELIZABETH CHANG, AFP, (FRENCH)

MICHAEL THEILER, AP, (US)

TAKANORI HIGURASHI, JIJI PRESS, (JAPANESE)

TAICHRO HATA, KYODO (JAPANESE)

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