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23. GREGORY GIRARD

SUSANNA FUNG

BBC (CANADIAN PASSPORT)

BBC (AMERICAN PASSPORT)

24. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SUBMIT ALL THE ABOVE NAMES TO APPROPRIATE

AUTHORITIES, FOR THE ISSUE OF VISAS. SERIALS 20, 21, 22 AND 23 WILL REQUIRE THEIR VISAS TO BE ISSUED IN HONG KONG, THE REST ARE FOR ISSUE IN LONDON. SERIALS 20 AND 21 ARE ALTERNATIVES, AND WE WILL CONFIRM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THE FINAL SELECTION, MEANWHILE

PLEASE TREAT AS IF BOTH ARE COMING.

3. THE ITN TEAM PLAN TO ARRIVE IN CHINA ON 10 DECEMBER, AND THE BBC ON THE 17TH. WEBB AND ROBERTSON ANTICIPATE ARRIVING ON THE

16TH. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ARRANGE HOTEL ACCOMMODATION FOR ALL

THE ABOVE.

4. PRESS ACCREDITATION FORMS WILL FOLLOW SOONEST, BUT I WILL BRING DUPLICATES WITH ME. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, PRESS ACCREDITATION WILL BE REQUIRED, AS A SAFEGUARD, FOR MESSRS BERNARD INGHAM, CHRISTOPHER MEYER, GARRY HICKS (COI), MARTIN SMITH (COI) AND MYSELF, IN ADDITION TO ANY OFFICIAL PARTY' ACCREDITATION. 5. ABOVE IS CORRECTED VERSION OF AN EARLIER TELEGRAM WHICH APPEARS NOT TO HAVE BEEN DESPATCHED AND WHICH, IF IT DOES TURN

UP, SHOULD NOW BE IGNORED.

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