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FM PEKING

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 924

OF 190717Z MAY 88

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, BANGKOK

FOLLOWING FOR PS/LORD GLENARTHUR AND FED

YOUR TELNO 423: LORD GLENARTHUR'S VISIT

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MISS BAILES GAVE WANG YIHAO OF THE MFA WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT ON 19 MAY THE ''OUTLINE PROGRAMME FOR LORD GLENARTHUR'S VISIT IN MY FIRST IFT. (ALL INTERNAL FLIGHT DETAILS SHOWN IN IT ARE TAKEN FROM CAAC'S 1988 SUMMER TIME-TABLE WHICH MAY NOT YET BE AVAILABLE TO BA IN LONDON.) SHE SAID WE WOULD REVERT SOON WITH DETAILED SUGGESTIONS FOR THE STAY IN PEKING, AND ADDED (A) THAT LORD GLENARTHUR'S PARTY WOULD BE ACCOMMODATED AT MY HOUSE WHILE IN PEKING, (B) THAT THE EMBASSY WOULD PROVIDE ALL TRANSPORT FOR THE PEKING LEG, (C) THAT THE FOUR MEMBERS OF LORD GLENARTHUR'S GROUP WOULD BE ACCOMPANIED ON THEIR PROVINCIAL TOUR BY MYSELF AND MRS DONALD, AND (D) THAT WE HAD NO PARTICULAR REQUESTS FOR ITEMS TO INCLUDE IN THE PROVINCIAL PROGRAMME EXCEPT FOR THE ROLLS ROYCE VISIT AT XIAN, THE DETAILS OF WHICH WE COULD FIX UP OURSELVES AS NECESSARY. WANG YIHAO WAS GRATEFUL, AND CONFIRMED THAT THE MFA WOULD TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO MAKE THE NECESSARY INTERNAL FLIGHT AND HOTEL BOOKINGS OUTSIDE PEKING. HE WOULD GET CRACKING ON THIS RIGHT AWAY AND LET US KNOW IF ANY PROBLEMS AROSE.

2. I HAVE SUGGESTED IN MY SECOND IFT (NOT TO BANGKOK) A DETAILED PROGRAMME FOR LORD GLENARTHUR'S STAY IN PEKING. IT IS BASED ON THE FIRST DRAFT IN PEKING TELNO 675 BUT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT YOUR TELNO 329, THE INVITATION TO VISIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE (YOUR TUR), AND THE EXCHANGE IN YOUR TELNO 1149 AND PEKING TELNO 822 ABOUT MEDIA-RELATED VISITS. IF LADY GLENARTHUR WISHES TO HAVE A SEPARATE PROGRAMME FOR AT LEAST PART OF 22 JUNE MY WIFE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ACCOMPANY HER AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW OF ANY WISHES SHE MAY HAVE (SILK FACTORY, POT FACTORY, MUSEUMS, SCHOOLS?). AS WE HAVE NOTED BEFORE, ZHOU NAN'S WIFE MAY WELL OFFER TO ESCORT LADY GLENARTHUR ON

SEPARATE PROGRAMME ON 23 JUNE.

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3. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR REACTIONS TO THE PEKING PROGRAMME SO THAT WE MAY PUT IT TO THE MFA BY, SAY, EARLY NEXT WEEK. WE SHOULD ALSO START THINKING ABOUT WHEN AND HOW LORD GLENARTHUR'S VISIT SHOULD BE MADE

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