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TELEGRAM NUMBER
1480
CONFIDENTIAL.
IMMEDIATE
YOUR TELEGRAM 2026: LORD SHEPHERD'S VISIT.
FOR HALL FROM TRENCH.
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
4 OCTOBER 1967
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YOUR (A). IN VIEW OF CHANGES PROPOSED, ARRANGEMENTS FOR VISITS TO
FANLING LODGE BECOME OVER-COMPLEX AND UNLESS YOU HAVE FURTHER VIEWS I PROPOSE TO OMIT. HELICOPTER FLIGHT IN AFTERNOON WOULD THEN BEGIN AND END AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE; AND NEW TERRITORIES PERSONALITIES CAN
PROBABLY BE MET BY LANDING AT ONE OR TWO PLACES ON THIS TOUR.
2. YOUR (E)
(1) I NOTE LORD SHEPHERD
WISHES ABOUT INVITING CHINESE ENGAGED
IN VOLUNTARY SOCIAL WORK, AND WILL SO ARRANGE, BUT YOU WILL
APPRECIATE THAT SO MANY COULD BE INCLUDED THAT SELECTION OF
PARTICULAR NAMES TENDS TO RISK LEADING TO ILL-FEELING.
(11) POLICE MESSES - NOTED.
3. YOUR (F). ASSUMPTION CORRECT. LORD SHEPHERD NO DOUBT APPRECIATES
THAT IF A MEETING OF THIS KIND IS ARRANGED, AN OPEN PRESS CONFERENCE
WILL BE DIFFICULT TO AVOID WITHOUT GIVING OFFENCE TO THE PRESS.
4. YOUR PARAGRAPH 2. THERE IS UNLIKELY TO BE ANY DIFFICULTY OVER
THIS.
5. PLANNING WILL NOW PROCEED ON THIS BASIS.
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