GPS/20 UNCLASSIFIED
FM PEKING
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 1208
OF 190745Z AUGUST 85
INFO ROUTINE SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 719: VISIT BY MR LUCE
RA
1. PUT THE REVISED PROGRAMME IN MY TEL NOS 1169 AND 1176 TO THE MFA THIS MORNING, EXPLAINING THAT ALTHOUGH MR LUCE HAD NOT SEEN IT, WE DID NOT EXPECT HIM TO ASK FOR ANY MAJOR ALTERATIONS. WANG YIHAO SAID THAT THE OUTLINE OF THE PROGRAMME LOOKED VERY ACCEPTABLE, ALTHOUGH DETAILED CHANGES MIGHT HAVE TO BE MADE IN ORDER TO ACCOMODATE THE OTHER COMMITMENTS OF THOSE WHOM MR LUCE WISHED TO MEET.
2. TOLD WANG THAT ON PRESENT PLANS MR LUCE AND HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY WOULD BE ACCOMODATED IN SHANGHAI BY THE CONSUL GENERAL (PARA 3 OF TUR) SEMICLN AND THAT FOR CANTON, BTC WOULD MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE LUNCH AND P.M. COMMERCIAL VISITS ON 24 SEPTEM- BER. (BTC TELNO 119 TO YOU)
3. I ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION INFORMALLY OUR THINKING ON THIMING FOR A VISIT TO BRITAIN BY HU YAOBANG (YOUR TELNO 718).
THOMSON
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027/6
RECEIVED IN REGISTÄT
2 0 AUG 1985
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