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SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISITS TO FAR EAST IN 1987

1. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT POSSIBLE TIMINGS FOR

SECRETARY OF STATE TO VISIT CHINA (FOR FURTHER TALKS WITH WU

XUEQIAN) AND JAPAN IN THE WHITSUN RECESS (22 MAY-1 JUNE).

2. WE CANNOT BE MORE PRECISE ABOUT DATES UNTIL WE KNOW WHERE

ELSE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL VISIT DURING WHITSUN. BUT WE ARE

THINKING OF 3-4 DAYS IN JAPAN (TOKYO AND SOMEWHERE IN THE

PROVINCES) FOLLOWED BY A 24 HOUR STOPOVER IN PEKING. (HE WOULD

THEREFORE ARRIVE IN PEKING AFTER PRINCESS MARGARET'S VISIT, CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR 18-25 MAY).

3. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THESE PLANS ARE FIRMER. THERE IS

NO NEED TO RAISE THESE PROPOSALS WITH THE CHINESE YET.

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