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PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: PRESS ARRANGEMENTS

1. GRATEFUL FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE FOLLOWING POINTS:

A. NOW THAT HEAD OF NEWS DEPARTMENT'S PA WILL NO LONGER BE COMING, DO YOU STILL REQUIRE A TYPEWRITER, CUPBOARD AND STATIONARY IN

THE SUITE AT THE MINZU HOTEL.

B. DO YOU WANT TO BOOK AN EXTRA MEETING ROOM IN THE MINZU HOTEL, BEARING IN MIND THE NEED TO BRIEF THREE LOTS OF JOURNALISTS (BRITISH, HONG KONG AND FOREIGN RESIDENTS POOL).

C. DO YOU WISH THE MFA TO ARRANGE PHOTO TRANSMISSION FACILITIES AT THE MINZU HOTEL. IN THIS CONTEXT YOU SHOULD WE AWARE THAT UP'S PEXING BUREAU HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO HANDLE THE MOIRROR'S PHOTOGRAPHS.

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COPIES TO: MR MURRAY

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