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FM FCO 101800Z APR 84

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 352 OF 10 APRIL

AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

YOUR TELNO 650:

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SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT

1. WE HAVE NO COMMENTS ON THE OUTLINE PROGRAMME.

Taker

KES

161114

2. ON ATTENDANCE AT THE TALKS WITH WU XUEQIAN, WE AGREE THAT YOU AND GALSWORTHY SHOULD BE AT THE TABLE, WITH TWO EMBASSY CHINESE SPEAKERS BEHIND. PLEASE PROPOSE TO THE CHINESE THAT FROM MY PARTY, APART FROM MYSELF, SIR P CRADOCK, THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, WILSON, APPLEYARD, BURROWS, GOULDEN AND Y P CHENG SHOULD BE AT THE TABLE, WITH RICKETTS BEHIND. IF THIS CREATES DIFFICULTIES, WILSON AND GOULDEN COULD ALSO SIT BEHIND IF NECESSARY.

FOR CALLS ON LEADERS SIR P CRADOCK, THE GOVERNOR AND APPLEYARD SHOULD CERTAINLY PARTICIPATE, TOGETHER WITH WILSON, BURROWS AND GOULDEN AS APPROPRIATE AT THE TIME AND A STRONG EMBASSY TEAM. BUT SINCE MUCH WILL DEPEND ON THE PROGRESS OF THE TALKS, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THIS COULD BE LEFT FLEXIBLE.

3.

MIFT CONTAINS TEXT OF DRAFT SPEECH FOR THE WELCOMING

GRATEFUL FOR EARLY SUBSTANTIVE COMMENTS.

BANQUET.

4.

(FOR PEKING). SINCE THE RETURN BANQUET SPEECH WILL DEPEND TO SOME EXTENT ON THE PROGRESS OF THE VISIT, GRATEFUL IF WE COULD LEAVE YOU TO DRAFT.

SEE MIFT.

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