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IT WOULD BE CONVENIENT IF WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR OWN NUMBERS TO THE SAME FIGURE. (WE SHALL GIVE THOUGHT TO THIS AND TELEGRAPH SEPARATELY). ZHAO WOULD MAKE HIS SPEECH AFTER THE AGREEMENT FOLDERS HAD BEEN EXCHANGED. THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD THEN MAKE HER SPEECH. THIS WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY A CHAMPAGNE TOAST, BRINING IN BOTH THE DELEGATIONS AND THE OBSERVERS, WHO WOULD THEN BE FREE TO MOVE FORWARDS

FROM THEIR POSITIONS. THE DELEGATIONS WOULD BE ABLE TO LEAVE THE HALL ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER.

4. WE HOPE TO RECEIVE FINAL DETAILS OF THE SIGNATURE CEREMONY ARRANGEMENTS FROM PROTOCOL DEPT TOMORROW. WE SHALL

THEN PREPARE A DIAGRAM TO SHOW TO THE PRIME MINISTER ON ARRIVAL.

EVANS

LIMITED

HKD

FED

PROTOCOL D

NEWS D

MR WILSON

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SIR P CRADOCK (2)