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2. MR RENTON HOPES THAT THE STATE ECONOMIC COMMISSION WILL

BE ABLE TO BRIEF HIM ON THE PROGRESS OF CHINA'S ECONOMIC

REFORMS AND ON THE WAYS IN WHICH BRITISH INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE

CAN CO-OPERATE MORE FULLY WITH PARTNERS IN CHINA.

3.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER OUTSTANDING POINTS TO BE

SETTLED. WILL CONSUL GENERAL SHANGHAI BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ROBERTS AS WELL AS THE MINISTER AND HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY?

MR RENTON GLADLY ACCEPTS THE PROPOSED RETURN DINNER IN PEKING ON 20 JANUARY (YOUR TELNO 1889, PARA 2). GRATEFUL FOR AN OUTLINE PROGRAMME WITH APPROXIMATE TIMING, INCLUDING THE PROVINCIAL SECTORS. WHERE WILL THE MINISTER AND HIS PARTY STAY IN CANTON

AND HOW DO YOU PROPOSE THAT THEY TRAVEL TO SHENZHEN AND HONG

KONG?

4. FOR HONG KONG. MR RENTON WOULD PREFER TO GIVE A PRESS

CONFERENCE AT THE END OF HIS VISIT RATHER THAN SHORTLY AFTER HIS

ARRIVAL.

WOULD YOU PLEASE

REARRANGE THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE FOR 7.00 AM AT THE AIRPORT

BEFORE THE MINISTER'S DEPARTURE FOR THAILAND. WE RECOGNISE

THAT THIS MEANS AN EARLY START FOR ALL CONCERNED BUT TRUST THAT

THE HK PRESS CORPS WILL APPRECIATE THAT ON SO SHORT A VISIT THE

MINISTER HAS VERY LITTLE FLEXIBILITY.

HOWE

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