TNAG-2807-FCO40-4049-Visit-by-Lord-Callaghan--former-UK-Prime-Minister--to-China--1993 — Page 37

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FM PEKING

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INFO ROUTINE SHANGHAI HONG KONG, UKREPJLG HONG KONG

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OUR TELNO. 583: LORD CALLAGHAN

1. WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED A COPY OF THE INTERACTION COUNCIL'S

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PROGRAMME, CONFIRMED BY THE MFA'S INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT, WHO ARE MAKING THE ARRANGEMENTS.

2. ON 17 MAY, THE PROGRAMME IN PEKING DOES NOT BEGIN UNTIL THE MEETING WITH PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN AT 3 PM. THE MORNING IS SET ASIDE FOR SIGHTSEEING, AND THE LUNCHTIME ARRANGEMENT IS FOR A BUFFET IN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS' HOTEL.

3. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE LORD CALLAGHAN AND HIS SON FOR LUNCH AT THE RESIDENCE ON 17 MAY. I WILL BE HAPPY TO SEND MY CAR TO COLLECT THEM AND DELIVER THEM TO THEIR NEXT APPOINTMENT. COULD YOU ESTABLISH WHETHER LORD CALLAGHAN IS HAPPY TO BREAK AWAY FROM HIS GROUP SO THAT WE CAN REGISTER THIS CHANGE OF PROGRAMME WITH THE ORGANISERS?

4.

UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF MY OWN TRAVEL PLANS I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET LORD CALLAGHAN ON HIS ARRIVAL AT PEKING. HOWEVER, I INTEND TO SEE HIM OFF ON 18 MAY.

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