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FROM PEKING 171229Z DEC 84

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 514 OF 17/12/84

INFO IMMEDIATE FCO

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Action Taken

7/12

YOUR TELNO 1435T PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS

1. WE HAVE BOOKED MATHEWS AND NAZARETH INTO THE JIANGUO HOTEL WHERE WE UNDERSTAND A NUMBER OF THE OBSERVERS WILL BE STAYING. (THERE WOULD IN ANY CASE BE NO ROOM AT THE DIAOYUTAI).

2. E HAVE SPOKEN TO THE CHINESE ABOUT MATHEWS AND NAZARETH'S PROGRAMME. WE SUGGESTED THAT THEY SHOULD BE A PART OF THE BRITISH DELEGATION FOR THE WELCOMING CEREMONY AS WELL AS THE SIGNATURE CEREMONY, WHICH THE CHINESE HAVE AGREED. WE SHALL PROVIDE TRANSPORT TO ENABLE THEM TO GET TO AND FROM THESE TWO EVENTS, AND ALSO THE BANQUET. WE SHALL ALSO PROVIDE TRANSPORT TO THE AIRPORT ON 20 DECEMBER.

3. WE PRESSED THE CHINESE TO INCLUDE MATHEWS AND NAZARETH IN THE OBSERVERS PROGRAMME FOR THE REST OF 19 DECEMBER. THEY UNDERTOOK TO CONSIDER, BUT THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE LACK OF ENTHUSIASM,

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