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1. IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOMMEND A SUITABLE TIME FOR ̃MR' RENTON'S

VISIT UNTIL I KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PLANS OF OTHER MINISTERS. IN

THE SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR (THE PERIOD 1 RECOMMENDED IN

MY TELEGRAM NO 1289), THE POSSIBILITIES FOR SENIOR MINISTERIAL

VISITS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

(A) (PROBABLY) MR BRITTAN, LATE MAY.

(E) (POSSIBLY, AS DISCUSSED WITH ORR DURING MY CALL ON DEPARTMENT IN LATE AUGUST) MR LAWSON, EARLY MAY.

(C) (POSSIBLY) MR WALKER, MARCH.

2.

IMAGINE THAT MR LAMONT MAY WISH TO TAKE UP THE INVITATION

EXTENDED TO MR BUTLER FOR THKO FIRST WEEK OF APRIL AND MR LUCE THE

INVIATION TO LORD GOWRIE FOR LATE APRIL (THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE

HAVE VOLUNTEERED THAT THEY HOPE MR LUCE WILL BE ABLE TO COME IN

MARCH OR APRIL.) A FURTHER CONSIDERATION IS THAT WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE A STATE VISIT RECONNAISSANCE PARTY FROM THE PALACE IN

APRIL OR MAY.

3. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD GIVE US A BETTER IDEA ABOUT BOTH THE LIKELIHOOD AND THE TIMING OF ALL THESE VISITS (EXCEPT THE

ONE BY THE RECONNAISSANCE PARTY) BEFORE COMMIT MYSELF.

4. AS TO THE LENGTH OF A VISIT BY MR RENTON, I WOULD SUGGEST FOUR OR FIVE DAYS IN THE COUNTRY, ALLOWING HIM TWO DAYS IN PEKING

AND A FULL DAY IN EACH OF TWO OTHER CITIES.

5.

THE CONTACT POINT IN THE TREASURY ABOUT A POSSIBLE VISIT BY THE CHANCELLOR IS SIR GEOFFREY LITTLER. HE AND I HAVE SO FAR CORRESPONDED PERSONALLY.

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