DRAFT GUEST LIST FOR FAREWELL DINNER FOR THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR 25 JUNE 1937
Name
1.
Secretary of State
2.
Lady Howe
3.
Mr Hu Dingyi
4.
Mrs Xie Heng
5.
Mr Galsworthy
Comment
Host
Hostess
Chinese Ambassador
Chinese Ambassador's wife
Private Secretary
Private Secretary's wife
6. Mrs Galsworthy
Chinese Embassy
7.
8.
9.
Mr Yue Junqing
Mrs. Liu Yongfang
Mr Song Mingjiang 10. Mrs Zhang Youyun
Senior Political Counsellor Mr Yue's wife; Consular Officer
Political Counsellor
Mr Song's wife; the Queen's interpreter during the State Visit; Counsellor for Hong Kong affairs.
Cultural/Hong Kong/Personal
li.
Mr Frank Dunlop, CBE
12.
Lady Youde
13.
Sir George Christie
14.
Lady Patricia Christie
15.
Dr S G Svenson
16.
Mrs S G Svenson
Director, Edinburgh International Festival
(2 large events from PRC this year)
Wife of former Governor of Hong Kong
Chairman, Glyndebourne Productions Ltd (suggested: by Mr Renton)
Mrs Svenson, as Beryl Grey, was Prima Ballerina with Sadlers Wells and first ballerina to dance with Chinese Ballet Company in both Peking and Shanghai, 1964. Also Artistic
Director of London Festival Ballet until 1979 and was responsible for organising their tour of China.
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