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YOUR TELNO. OTTER 63 : VISIT OF MADAME WU.

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UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTIES EXPLAINED IN YOUR PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2. HOWEVER, DO NOT THINK THAT THEY NEED IN THEMSELVES PRECLUDE A VISIT BY MADAME WU EARLY IN SEPTEMBER. THE KEY POINT, SURELY, IS WHETHER MR. CHANNON'S COMMITMENTS WOULD ENABLE HIM TO HOST A VISIT AT THAT TIME.

2. YOUR PARAGRAPH 3. GIVEN THE BACKGROUND TO THIS VISIT, I AM ALL THE MORE CONVINCED THAT MADAM WU WOULD ACCEPT AN INVITATION ONLY FROM MR. CHANNON. WHILST NATURALLY UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURES ON HIS TIME, SUGGESTED IN MY OTTER 71 THAT MR. CHANNON'S INVOLVEMENT COULD PROBABLY BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM.

3. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SUGGEST FIRM DATES FOR THE VISIT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IF MR. CHANNON'S TIMETABLE PERMITS, WE SHOULD NATURALLY LIKE TO ACCOMMODATE CHINESE PREFERENCES ON TIMING.

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