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CONFIDENTIAL

FROM: PRIVATE SECRETARY

TO:

PS/No 10

VISIT OF THE PRIME MINISTER TO CHINA AND HONG KONG

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For

The Prime Minister has decided to visit China and

Hong Kong from 30 August to 5 September and has asked the Foreign Secretary to accompany him. We need as a matter

of priority to secure Chinese agreement to these dates,

and the Foreign Secretary hopes that the Prime Minister

now give us authority to put the dates to them.

planning purposes the Prime Minister may welcome some recommendations about the itinerary and programme

content. On the assumption that the dates causes the Chinese no difficulty, we shall write again shortly with some suggestions about objectives for the visit and

tactics.

ITINERARY

Ideally it would be desirable for political and presentational reasons to make two stopovers in Hong Kong, one (briefly) on the way to China and the other

(more substantive) on the return journey. I understand

CONFIDENTIAL