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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1244 OF 30 JUNE

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

YOUR TELNO 678: FUTURE EGRET: SECRETARY OF STATE'S PROPOSED VISIT

TO CHINA

1. THOMSON WILL BE CHARGE D' AFFAIRES DURING MY ABSENCE FROM PEKING. HE COULD ACT WITH THE CHINESE AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK IF IT HAD BEEN DECIDED BY THEN THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHOULD DEFINITELY PROPOSE A VISIT TO CHINA AT THE END OF JULY.

2. DENG XIAOPING DOES NOT GO ABROAD IN THESE DAYS. HE NORMALLY SPENDS THE SUMMER IN NORTH CHINA, EITHER IN PEKING OR AT BEIDAIHE. I KNOW OF NO PLANS BY ZHAO ZIYANG OR JI PENGFEI TO GO ABROAD BEFORE THE END OF SEPTEMBER. AS I HAVE ALREADY REPORTED, WU XUEQIAN IS PLANNING TO BE ABROAD FOR MOST OF SEPTEMBER. 3. THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY STREAM OF VISITS BY FOREIGN HEADS OF STATE, HEADS OF GOVERNMENT AND FOREIGN MINISTERS TO PEKING SINCE MID-APRIL. I EXPECT THIS STREAM TO CONTINUE AT LEAST UNTIL THE END OF JULY. BUT I KNOW OF NO IMPENDING VISITS BY SENIOR LEADERS FROM NORTH AMERICA, MAJOR WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES,

AUSTRALASIA OR JAPAN.

EVANS

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