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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, B T C HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG INFO SAVING SHANGHAI
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YOUR TELNO 1271. VISIT BY LORD CAITHNESS.
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COUNSELLOR CALLED ON WANG YANYI (DEPUTY DIRECTOR, W E D, MFA) TODAY, 30 OCTOBER TO DISCUSS DATES AND PROGRAMME FOR LORD CAITHNESS' VISIT. HE SAID THAT THE MINISTER WAS DELIGHTED TO ACCEPT THE INVITATION EXTENDED IN AMBASSADOR MA'S LETTER OF 7 OCTOBER AND GAVE WANG THE OUTLINE PROGRAMME DESCRIBED IN F C O TELNO 1240.
2. WANG REPLIED THAT IN PRINCIPLE THE CHINESE SIDE COULD AGREE TO THESE DATES. THE TIMETABLE SEEMED ACCEPTABLE BUT WANG THOUGHT THE ROUTE MIGHT NEED TO BE ADJUSTED: IT WOULD BE MORE REASONABLE TO TRAVEL TO XIAN BEFORE GOING ON TO SHANGHAI INSTEAD OF THE ORDER WE HAD SUGGESTED TO AVOID BACKTRACKING. COUNSELLOR EXPLAINED THAT THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE OFFICIAL BUSINESS TO BE CONDUCTED IN SHANGHAI THAN IN XIAN SO IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO SPEND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING IN SHANGHAI, AND SUNDAY IN XIAN. WANG NOTED THIS POINT.
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COUNSELLOR THEN PUT FORWARD SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS FOR EACH CITY. HE SAID THAT IN GENERAL, APART FROM TALKS WITH OFFICIALS, LORD CAITHNESS WOULD LIKE TO VISIT PROJECTS WITH A BRITISH ANGLE: JOINT VENTURES, AID-RELATED ACTIVITY ETC. IN PEKING HE WOULD LIKE TO HOLD TALKS WITH TIAN ZENGPEI, AND TO CALL ON ZOU JIAHUA, QIAN QICHEN, LU PING AND LIU HUAQIU. IN SHANGHAI HE WOULD LIKE TO PAY CALLS ON THE MAYOR AND THE FIRST PARTY SECRETARY, AND PERHAPS TO VISIT THE PILKINGTON GLASS FACTORY AND THE PUDONG DEVELOPMENT AREA. IN GUANGZHOU HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MAYOR
AND THE ACTING GOVERNOR OF GUANGDONG. HE MIGHT ALSO WISH TO HOLD
A RECEPTION FOR BRITISH COUNCIL TEACHERS AT ZHONGSHAN UNIVERSITY AND TO VISIT THE EXPORT TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ZONE.
4. IN XIAN LORD CAITHNESS WOULD HOPE TO GAIN AN IMPRESSION OF THE RURAL ECONOMY AND ASPECTS OF CHINESE HISTORY. WANG ASKED
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