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JLG IV: PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS

1.

THE PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETING OF THE

JLG ARE NOW WELL ADVANCED. PLEASE TAKE AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY TO

PASS THE INFORMATION BELOW TO THE CHINESE.

2.

THE MEETINGS WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE WHITEHALL CONFERENCE

ROOM (WH 240), THE SAME VENUE AS FOR JLG I. AGAIN IT IS OUR INTENTION TO FIELD BETWEEN EIGHT AND TEN PEOPLE IN THE FRONT ROW

(DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF EXPERTS INVOLVED IN THE PARTICULAR ITEM) WITH BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR EXPERTS/SUPPORTING STAFF SEATED

BEHIND. YOU MAY TELL THE CHINESE THAT THE HARD CORE OF OUR

DELEGATION WILL BE THE FOLLOWING FORMATION:

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SMITH.

PLEASE OBTAIN FROM THE CHINESE THEIR INTENDED SEATING PLAN.

3.

PRESS. PRESS ARRANGEMENTS WILL ALSO CLOSELY MIRROR THOSE

FOR LAST YEAR. THERE WILL BE A PHOTOCALL IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM

AT 9.30 AM ON 22 JULY. JOURNALISTS WILL BE ALLOWED INTO THE

QUADRANGLE OF THE FCO AT THE END OF THE FIRST DAY AND AT THE

BEGINNING AND END OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH DAYS. IT IS

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