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SIGNATURE CEREMONY.

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1. WE HAVE NOW ESTABLISHED THE FOLLOWING :-

(A) SIGNATURE CEREMONY: 23 SEPTEMBER.

3.30 PM SPEECHES IN THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE.

4.30 PM SIGNATURE OF DOCUMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER :

BRITISH BANKS/BOC.,

FRENCH BANKS/BOC.,

BOC/JVC.,

EDF/JVC.,

GEC/JVC.,

FRAMATONE/JVC.

6.30 PM BANQUET GIVEN BY CHINESE.

(B) FRENCH EMBASSY RECEPTION: 24 SEPTEMBER.

THE FRENCH EMBASSY PLAN A RECEPTION ON THE EVENING OF 24 SEPTEMBER

TO WHICH THEY WILL INVITE ALL CHINESE PARTIES INVOLVED, ALL FRENCH PARTIES INVOLVED, THE JVC, GEC, BRITISH EMBASSY REPRESENTATIVES AND PRESS.

2. THE ONLY TIME WHEN HMA COULD GIVE ANY SIMILAR FUNCTION WOULD BE AT LUNCH TIME ON 24 SEPTEMBER AND HE IS IN PRINCIPLE READY TO DO THIS. WE HAVE, HOWEVER, POINTED OUT TO THE FRENCH THAT IT WOULD BE A MUCH MORE SENSIBLE USE OF BUSY PEOPLE'S TIME IF BOTH EMBASSIES COMBINED TO GIVE ONE RECEPTION, EITHER AT LUNCH TIME OR EVENING OF

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