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FM PEKING

TO DESKBY 09093OZ FCO

TELNO 1800

OF 090341Z DECEMBER 85

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, BANGKOK, DAMASCU$

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RECEIVED IN AUG.ST

11 DEC 1985

(DAMASCUS FOR PS/MR RENTON)

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YOUR TELNO 348 TO BANGKOK: MR RENTON'S VISIT

1. WE ARE NOT DUE TO RECEIVE ANY OTHER HIGH LEVEL VISITORS DURING

THE PERIOD YOU NOW HAVE IN MIND. WE HOPE TOO THAT WE SHALL HAVE

COMPLETED THE EXPERT TALKS ON HONG KONG MATTERS THAT WE HAVE CALLED

FOR FOR JANUARY BY THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH. THE ONLY PRACTICAL

DISADVANTAGE I SEE IN THE NEW TIMETABLE IS THAT OF THE TWO AND A

HALF DAYS OVER WHICH MR RENTON WOULD BE IN PEKING ONE WOULD BE

A SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH IT WOULD PROBABLY BE POSSIBLE TO ARRANGE

ONE OF THE BANQUETS FOR THAT EVENING, PERHAPS PRECEDED BY A COURTESY CALL, THE DAY WOULD HAVE LARGELY TO BE GIVEN OVER TO SIGHTSEEING. BUT IF THIS IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE MINISTER, I SEE

NO OTHER DIFFICULTIES FOR US.

THOMSON

LIMITED SEAD FED HKD PROTOCOL D Psl MR RENTON MR WILSON

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