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INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON, CG NEW YORK, BIS NEW YORK

INFO PRIORITY ROME, PEKING

NEW YORK TELNO 828 AND WASHINGTON TELNO 2771:

PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO NEW YORK

1. THANK YOU FOR THIS HELPFUL ADVICE. WE HAVE CONSULTED

NUMBER TEN.

2. THE PRIME MINISTER'S MAIN CONCERN AT PRESENT IS TO HAVE

ENOUGH TIME TO WORK ON HER SPEECH IN NEW YORK, GIVEN THAT

SHE WILL HAVE NO TIME TO DO SO BEFOREHAND. FOR THE TIME BEING

SHE WISHES TO TAKE ON ONLY 'COMPULSORY' ENGAGEMENTS PLUS

A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF OTHERS. WE DO NOT EXCLUDE THAT

EARLY NEXT WEEK THE PRIME MINISTER MAY AGREE TO THE IDEA

OF A DINNER WITH BANKERS AND ONE MEDIA ENGAGEMENT.

WE RECOGNISE OF COURSE THAT IT WILL BY THEN BE GETTING LATE TO

ENSURE A GOOD TURNOUT TO THE FORMER. ON THE LATTER THE PRIME

MINISTER IS RELUCTANT TO SEE TOO MUCH OF THE MEDIA WHICH IS LIKELY

TO FOCUS HEAVILY ON IRELAND.

3.

THIS MEANS THAT FOR THE TIME BEING THE PRIME MINISTER

WISHES TO UNDERTAKE ONLY THE FOLLOWING ENGAGEMENTS:

A) BILATERALS WITH CRAXI, ZHAO ZIYANG AND THE

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