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Friday 15 October
Programmes in Shanghai and Canton (see BTC telno 32 to Peking)
Evening banquets with Local People's Congresses
Saturday 16 October
Group One
Programme in Shanghai
1855
Depart Shanghai for Hong Kong on flight KA301
Group Two
Programme in Shenzhen and Shekou
1645
Depart Shekou for Hong Kong by hovercraft.
2. We hope to have firm news of the Shanghai and Guangdong programmes tomorrow (8 October). Any FAC comments on the draft in BTC telno 32 to Peking would be welcome.
Both meetings
3. You will see that at 1030 on 14 October we have two appointments for which the FAC will need to split. will be held at the Great Hall of the People so no travelling will be involved.
4.
For the breakfast on 14 October we are booking a room at the hotel. We are likely to have only three Christian leaders (of whom two speak English), and we wonder whether it might be more profitable if the FAC were to be represented by a few members rather than the whole group. In that way, there could be a single conversation. We could discuss this (and attendance at the meeting with dissidents) after the FAC's arrival if it cannot be settled
in advance.
5. We hope to squeeze in one or two more high-level contacts. See
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