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17 DEC 1984

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 2998 OF 15/12/84

AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

MIPT:

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OUP TEL NO 2993:

VISIT BY PRIME MINISTER:

PROGRAMME DETAILS

1. THE CHINESE HAVE NOW PROVIDED ADDITIONAL DETAILS

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME. THESE ARE AS FOLLOWS:

TUESDAY 18 DECEMBER

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ARRIVAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE AS IN MY TUR WITH THE

FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL DETAILS. ON DISEMBARKATION DIRECTOR

OF PROTOCOL WILL INTRODUCE PRIME MINISTER AND SECRETARY OF STATE

TO WU XUECIAN, ZHOU NAN, GUO FENGMIN (DIRECTOR, WEST EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT), KE ZAISHUO AND LUO JIAHUAN, I SHALL

THEN INTRODUCE SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE EMBASSY. CHINESE CHILDREN WILL THEN PRESENT FLOWERS TO THE PRIME MINISTER, SECRETARY OF STATE AND LADY HOWE. FULL CAR ORDER FOF

DEPARTURE IN MIFT.

2. DETAILS OF THE FORMAL WELCOMING CEREMONY ON 19 DECEMBER

WILL BE SENT SEPARATELY ON 17 DECEMBER.

3. LUNCH WITH LI XFANNIAN. ON ARRIVAL AT YAN YUAN GUESHOUSE

VWHERE THE LUNCH IS TO TAKE PLACE PRESIDENT LI WILL GREET THE

PRIME MINISTER IN THE COURTYARD AND THERE WILL BE A BRIEF

OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PRESS TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS. A SHOPT

MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE. PRESIDENT LT WILL GREET THE

PRIME MINISTER IN THE COURTYARD AND THERE

WILL RE A BRIEF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PRESS TO TAKE

PHOTOGRAPHS. A SHORT MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE LUNCH WITH ONLY A FEW OFFICIALS PRESENT. THE CHINESE PROPOSE THAT IN ADDITION TO LI, JI PENGFE, WU XUEQTAN,

ZHOU NAN, CHEN ZHAOYUAN AND AN INTERPRETER WILL

ATTEND FROM THE CHINESE SIDE. WE ARE ASKED TO LIMIT OUR NUMBERS ACCORDINGLY. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION INCLUDING LADY HOVE AND MY WIFE WILL WAIT SEPAPATELY BEFORE JOINING US FOR LUNCH. THE CHINESE PROMOSE TO INVITE 15 PEOPLE FROM THE DELEGATION (NAMES TO FOLLOW) PLUS Y P CHENG, LADY HOVE AND MY WIFE. TWO PLACES HAVE ALSO BEEN RESERVED

FOP DETECTIVES. ME ZHOU MAN WILL ALSO ATTEND. THE REST OF THE PARTY WILL BE GIVEN LUNCH IN VILLAS 11 AND 12.

LI WILL NOT MAKE A FORMAL SPEECH AT LUNCH PUT WILL MERELY PROPOSE A SIMPLE TOAST TO WHICH THE PRIME MINISTER SHOULD RESPOND VERY DRIEFLY.

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