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FROM PEKING 17042OZ DEC 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3007 OF 17/12/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
MY TEL NO 2998:
DETAILS:
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT:
FORMAL WELCOMING CEREMONY
PROGRAMME
1. THE CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT 9AM ON 19 DECEMBER IN
TANANMEN SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE.
IT WILL LAST FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
2. ON THE CHINESE SIDE, IN ADDITION TO PREMIER ZHAO,
THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF 15-20 OFFICIALS PRESENT,
INCLUDING WU XUEQIAN, JN PENGFE, YAO GUANG AND ZHOU NAN.
THESE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF YAO GUANG, WILL BE THOSE WHO WILL TAKE PART IN THE TALKS BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTER AND ZHAO.
WE TOO SHOULD HAVE SOME 15-20 OFFICIALS PRESENT (NOT INCLUDING
DETECTIVES WHO ARE WLECOME TO ATTEND AND NOT INCLUDING
Y? CHENG, WHO IS ALSO WELCOME TO ATTEND). I PROPOSE TO TELL
THE CHINESE THAT IN ADDITION TO THE PRIME MINISTER
AND YOURSELF THE FOLLOWING WILL BE PRESENT ON OUR SIDE:
LADY HOWE, LADY EVANS, THE DELEGATION: AND THOMSON,
DAVIES ALDRIDGE (DEFENCE ATTACHE), JOHNSON (CULTURAL COUNSELLOR) EHRMAN, INKSTER, BLUNG AND SMITH FROM THE EMBASSY
THIS WOULD MAKE A TOTAL OF 19 OFFICIALS.
3. THE CHINESE ARE ALSO ARRANGING FOR THE DELEGATION OF
OBSERVERS FROM HONG KONG TO BE PRESENT. THEY WILL STAND
ON STEPS BEHIND THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GROUPS, PROBABLY IN THREE ROWS OF ABOUT 40, AS FOR THE SIGNATURE CEREMONY.
4. ALL MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION, INCLUDING YOURSELF AND LADY HOWE, WILL LEAVE THE GUEST HOUSE AT 8.30AM AND WILL WAIT IN THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE UNTIL TAKEN TO THE IR
POSITIONS BY CHINESE PROTOCOL OFFICIALS. THE
PRIME MINISTER (ONLY) WILL LEAVE THE GUEST HOUSE AT 8.50 AM
TO WAIT WITH THE REST OF THE DELEGATION. THE OBSERVER DELEGATION WILL ALSO ASSEMBLE IN THE GREAT HALL AT THE SAME TIME.
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