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5. IT HAS NOT BEEN NORMAL FOR THE HEAD OF THE VISITING JLG TEAM TO CALL ON THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE, BUT IF LORD CAITHNESS HAS TIME I WOULD SEE SOME ADVANTAGE, SINCE IT WOULD FLATTER GUO AND ENABLE US TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE POINTS WE MOST CARE ABOUT AT A HIGH LEVEL. HOWEVER, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO GIVE THE NORMAL MINISTERIAL DINNER, WHICH I HOPE LORD CAITHNESS COULD HOST.

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6. WE WILL PREPARE THE USUAL PRESS RELEASE. FOR THE LAST TWO JLG MEETINGS I HAVE GIVEN AN ON-THE-RECORD PRESS CONFERENCE, AT WHICH I HAVE MADE A SHORT STATEMENT AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS. ON THE LAST OCCASION WE DISPENSED WITH HOSPITALITY FOR THE PRESS ALTOGETHER. UNLESS YOU DISAGREE, WE SUGGEST THAT I SHOULD AGAIN GIVE A SHORT PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE FCO AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO PRESS RECEPTION.

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