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FROM BURNS, AUSS

PEKING: FOR COLVIN (VISITING)

YOUR TELSNOS 2274 AND 2275: VISIT OF LORD CAITHNESS

1.

VERY MANY THANKS FOR THIS SPLENDID PROGRAMME, JUST SEEN AT THE END OF THE DAY. IT ALL LOOKS FINE, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING:-

HURD

(A)

BUT I

NIGEL COX WILL BE IN TOUCH BY TELEPHONE ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE MEETINGS ON 23 JULY, SINCE LORD CAITHNESS IS NOW EXPRESSING PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE HOMC DISCUSSIONS THAT DAY. AGREE WITH YOU THAT OUR SESSION ON THE DOUBLE-BACKERS SHOULD BE AT SOME OTHER TIME THAN THE EVENING OF 22 JULY. IT PROBABLY ALSO OUGHT TO INCLUDE PETER WILLIAMS.

(B) NIGEL COX WILL ALSO BE IN TOUCH ABOUT THE DRINKS WITH SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS - THOUGH I AGREE WITH YOUR BASIC APPROACH.

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(D)

HAPPY TO SEE GALSWORTHY AND GERSON ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THOUGH PERHAPS WE COULD KEEP THIS A LITTLE FLEXIBLE UNTIL WE KNOW THE PRECISE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PRESS BRIEFINGS.

MY MOVEMENTS AT THE END OF THE WEEK REMAIN IN FLUX, I WELCOME YOUR SUGGESTIONS IN YOUR PARAGRAPH 2(I) (TELNO 2274), BUT WOULD WANT TO CONSULT LORD CAITHNESS FIRST ABOUT THE DINNER.

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