TNAG-1339-FCO40-1771-Visit-by-Margaret-Thatcher--UK-Prime-Minister--to-Beijing-fo-1984 — Page 99

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AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING AND WASHINGTON

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PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: PRESS

1. ANDY WEBB, TV AM WILL JOIN RAF VC10 IN HONG KONG AND TRAVEL FROM THERE TO WASHINGTON AND LONDON. HE WILL REQUIRE

ACCOMMODATION AT DUPONT PLAZA WASHINGTON. HE AND G ROBERTSON (BBC EXT SERVICE) WILL ARRIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN PEKING BUT WILL NEED ACCOMMODATION IN MINZU HOTEL ON 16 AND 17 DECEMBER AND SUBSEQUENTLY IN FURAMA HOTEL HONG KONG.

2. PLEASE ENSURE RESERVATIONS MADE FOR BBC CREW (4) IN MINZU

HOTEL PEKING.

3. ITN HAVE MADE THEIR OWN ARRANGEMENTS IN HONG KONG AND PEKING. UNDERSTAND EMBASSY PEKING ARE AWARE OF THESE ARRANGEMENTS.

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PLEASE PASS TO CONFERENCE OFFICER FOR INFO.

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