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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
12 MAY 1969
TELEGRAM NO 378
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YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 309: LORD SHEPHERD'S VISIT.
MORETON'S LETTER DID NOT MENTION ANY MEETING WITH URBAN COUNCIL
AND NO ARRANGEMENTS HAVE THEREFORE BEEN MADE. UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS
ARE HOWEVER MOST ANXIOUS TO MEET HIM AND HAVE ASKED FOR A THREE
HOUR MEETING. THIS WOULD, I THINK, BE VERY MUCH TOO LONG
AND DIFFICULT TO FIT IN. I SUGGEST THAT LORD SHEPHERD SHOULD
MEET THE URBAN COUNCIL FOR LUNCH ON THURSDAY 5TH JUNE AFTER AN
INFORMAL PRE-LUNCH DISCUSSION WITH UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.
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GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF LORD SHEPHERD CONCURS.
SIR D. TRENCH
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H.K. DEPT.
P.S. TO LORD SHEPHERD
MR. MORETON
SIR A. GALSWORTHY
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