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3907 PEHPAN 4457
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FM PEKIN TO OTTER
250758Z NOV
GRS 250
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TELNO OTTER 385
OF 250758Z NOVEMBER 85
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INFO SAVING SHANGHAI
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1. TIMING YOU PROPOSE IN MAY IS NOT (NOT) IDEAL:
A) WE DO NOT YET HAVE EXACT DATES OF MR BRITTAN'S PROPOSED VISIT WITHIN THE GENERAL AREA OF 23 MAY TO 2 JUNE, THOUGH WE ARE
ASSUMING 28-31 MAY: AND THE PROPOSAL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUT TO THE
CHINESE.
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B) WE HAVE JUST AGREED WITH YOU (MY TELNO OTEX 118) THAT THE MAIN SEMINAR/MISSION SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF JUNE,
IE ONLY ONE AND NOT TWO MONTHS AFTER THE DATES YOU NOW PROPOSE.
C) MR LAWSON PROPOSES TO VISIT PEKING JUST AFTER THE TOKYO
SUMMIT (3 TO 6 MAY): THE PROPOSAL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUT TO THE CHINESE
D) ABMEC'S DATES HAVE NOT YET BEEN STTLED, BUT COULD BE MAY AT THE
SAME TIME AS YOU NOW PROPOSE.
2. PRESUMABLY YOU DO NOT INTEND THE VANGUARD MISSION TO SPEND THE
WHOLE PERIOD 2-18 MAY IN CHINA? IF THE VISIT WERE 7 TO 10 DAYS
WITHIN THAT PERIOD IT WOULD BE BETTER AT THE FRON END (SAY 2 TO
10 MAY) TO AVOID TOO CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MP BRITTAN (DUE 26 MAY).
BUT THE OVERLAP WITH MR LAWSON WOULD INEVEITABLY AFFECT AT LEAST THE
AMBASSADOR'S ABILITY TO PAY LORD JELLICOE DUE ATTENTION.
3. IN TERMS OF SPREADING THE LOAD ON THE EMBASSY (AND ON THE CHINESE)
APRIL WOULD BE BETTER. THOUGH WE EXPECT TWO MINISTERIAL VISITS IN APRIL ( MR LAMONT, MOD, AND MR LUCE, ARTS), THESE WOULD NOT AFFECT THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT HERE. APRIL WOULD ALSO LEAVE A BETTER
GAP BEFORE THE EARLY JUNE SEMINARS.
4. TEL IS RESTRICTED BECAUSE OF REFERENCES TO MINISTERIAL VISITS
STILL TO BE PUT TO CHINESE.
EVANS
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